Guitar chord · Suspended & power
A♭ suspended 2nd chord on guitar
411144 · Barre · 1st fret
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play A♭sus2 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Open and airy; the 2nd replaces the 3rd, so it is neither major nor minor.
- Notes
- A♭B♭E♭
- Formula
- 125
- Built from
- root · major 2nd · perfect 5th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Barre · 1st fret
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 3 strings at the 1st fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 4th fret, middle finger (2) A♭
- 5th string (A): 1st fret, held by the barre B♭
- 4th string (D): 1st fret, held by the barre E♭
- 3rd string (G): 1st fret, held by the barre A♭
- 2nd string (B): 4th fret, ring finger (3) E♭
- 1st string (high E): 4th fret, pinky finger (4) A♭
Tablature
e|--4---| B|--4---| G|--1---| D|--1---| A|--1---| E|--4---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every A♭sus2 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing A♭sus2 on guitar
There’s no open-string way to play A♭sus2 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 1st fret (411144).
