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Asus2 chord on piano

A suspended 2nd: A · B · E. It sounds open and airy: neither major nor minor, because the 3rd is gone.

NotesA B E Built fromroot + major 2nd + perfect 5th
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On the keyboard

EABEAB

Fingering

Right hand, root position: A — finger 1 · B — finger 3 · E — finger 5. (1 = thumb, 5 = little finger.)

Inversions

The same notes in a different order. Inversions are how players move between chords without jumping:

Songs that use Asus2

Frédéric ChopinWaltz in A minor A minor · Intermediate J.S. BachViolin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041 A minor · Intermediate J.S. BachFugue in E Minor BWV 914 By E minor · Advanced J.S. BachMarch in D Major (BWV Anh. 122) D major · Beginner HandelSuite IV in E minor Gigue E minor · Advanced HandelOmbra mai fu (Easy piano edit.) from Opera serse Lar G major · Intermediate

A chords of every quality

AAmA7Amaj7Am7A6Am6AdimAdim7AaugAsus2Asus4Aadd9A9

Every suspended 2nd chord

Csus2D♭sus2Dsus2E♭sus2Esus2Fsus2F♯sus2Gsus2A♭sus2Asus2B♭sus2Bsus2

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