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Asus4 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play A Suspended Fourth (Charts)

Asus4 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as asus4 chord, asus4 guitar chord and how to play Asus4.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Asus4 chord diagram, Open positionAsus4 Open position: low E muted, A open, D fret 2, G fret 2, B fret 3, high e open.×123x 0 2 2 3 0
Open position
x 0 2 2 3 0
Asus4 chord diagram, Open positionAsus4 Open position: low E muted, A open, D open, G fret 2, B fret 3, high e open.×12x 0 0 2 3 0
Open position
x 0 0 2 3 0
Asus4 chord diagram, Barre (5th fret, E-string root)Asus4 Barre (5th fret, E-string root): low E fret 5, A fret 5, D fret 7, G fret 7, B fret 5, high e fret 5.5fr1345 5 7 7 5 5
Barre (5th fret, E-string root)
5 5 7 7 5 5

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Asus4 (A suspended fourth) on guitar, play x 0 2 2 3 0 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains A, D, E. If that is hard, use the easier shape x 0 0 2 3 0, which needs 2 fretted notes.

Asus4 chord facts

Chord Asus4 (A suspended fourth)
Other names Asus
Notes A, D, E
Intervals A (root), D (perfect 4th), E (perfect 5th)
Formula 1-4-5
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Asus4 on guitar?

The main shape is x 0 2 2 3 0 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the D string at fret 2 (E, the perfect 5th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 2 (A, the root).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the B string at fret 3 (D, the perfect 4th).
  5. Let the A (A) and high e (E) strings ring open.