A Sus2 Chord on Tenor Guitar

Play A Sus2 on Tenor Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The A Sus2 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. This page shows how to play A Sus2 on Tenor Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The shape nearest the nut leaves the A string open and takes the rest at fret 2, reaching across 3 frets. The root is the A string itself. It sounds from E3 up to A4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 9.

It has a flat wooden top, so the same grip sustains far longer than it does on a tenor banjo.

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.