Irish bouzouki Esus2 chord (GDAE)E suspended 2nd: x 2 2 2, and 5 more shapes

Esus2 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: x 2 2 2, open position
Esus2 (E suspended 2nd) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: x 2 2 2, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: x 2 2 2 (open position)

  1. G course: not played
  2. D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  3. A course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
  4. E course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), F♯

Sounds: E B F♯  ·  Esus2 is E, F♯, B (1 · 2 · 5)

Open courses that ring: E is a note of Esus2, so it can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Esus2 shapes

  1. 331BF♯BE4 4 2 0
    open · Esus2/B
  2. 31F♯BEx 4 2 0
    open · Esus2/F#
  3. 4fr114BF♯EE4 4 7 0
    4fr · Esus2/B
  4. 7fr3331EBF♯B9 9 9 7
    7fr
  5. 9fr111EBF♯E9 9 9 0
    9fr

Other E chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

EEmE7Em7E5Esus2Esus4Emaj7Eadd9

Other suspended 2nd chords

Dsus2Gsus2Asus2Esus2Bsus2Csus2Fsus2F♯sus2

Esus2 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app