Irish bouzouki Esus4 chord (GDAE)E suspended 4th: 2 2 2 0, and 5 more shapes

Esus4 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 2 2 0, open position
Esus4 (E suspended 4th) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 2 2 0, low course to high (Esus4/A). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 2 2 0 (open position) · Esus4/A

  1. G course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
  2. D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  3. A course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
  4. E course: open, E

Sounds: A E B E  ·  Esus4 is E, A, B (1 · 4 · 5)

Open courses that ring: A and E are notes of Esus4, so they 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.

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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 Esus4 shapes

  1. 31BEAE4 2 0 0
    open · Esus4/B
  2. 314BEAA4 2 0 5
    open · Esus4/B
  3. 4fr14BAAE4 7 0 0
    4fr · Esus4/B
  4. 7fr312EAAB9 7 0 7
    7fr
  5. 9fr11EBAE9 9 0 0
    9fr

Other E chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

EEmE7Em7E5Esus2Esus4Emaj7Eadd9

Other suspended 4th chords

Dsus4Gsus4Asus4Esus4Bsus4Csus4Fsus4F♯sus4

Esus4 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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