Guitar chord · Suspended & power
A♯ suspended 2nd chord on guitar
x13311 · 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 5 strings at the 1st fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): 1st fret, held by the barre A♯
- 4th string (D): 3rd fret, ring finger (3) E♯
- 3rd string (G): 3rd fret, pinky finger (4) A♯
- 2nd string (B): 1st fret, held by the barre B♯
- 1st string (high E): 1st fret, held by the barre E♯
Tablature
e|--1---| B|--1---| G|--3---| D|--3---| A|--1---| E|--x---|
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 (x13311).
Notice the B♯ in A♯sus2 (A♯ B♯ E♯): each note of the chord takes its own letter (A–B–E), so the major 2nd has to be written B♯ rather than C — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
