Asus2

A Suspended 2nd chord

Notes

ABE

Intervals

195

Root

Voicings on standard tuning

Voicing 1

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2fr

Voicing 2

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2fr

Voicing 3

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9fr

Voicing 4

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2fr

Voicing 5

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2fr

Voicing 6

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2fr

Interval formula

1 – 2 – 5

Sound character

open and airy — the third is replaced by the second

Where it appears

Used as a decoration of the major or minor chord — strum it and resolve to the plain triad.

I–V–vi–IV

With Asus2 as the tonic, this is the classic four-chord pop loop.

ii–V–I

Asus2 is the resting point everything resolves to.

I–IV–V

The three-chord backbone of folk, country and early rock and roll.