A 6sus2 Chord on 12-String Guitar

Play A 6sus2 on 12-String Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The A 6sus2 chord is a suspended chord that swaps the third for a second or fourth, leaving the harmony open and unresolved. It is built from the notes A, B, E, F#. This page shows how to play A 6sus2 on 12-String Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The lowest shape sits at fret 5 and spans 3 frets, with no open strings in it. The G string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. A falls on the E string. It sounds from A2 up to B4.

12-String Guitar is strung in six courses of two, the lower four paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.