Left-handed Absus4 diagram
Vertical: high e on the left, nut at the top. Horizontal: high e at the top, nut on the right. X = silent, O = open. Dot numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little. A thick line joins notes held with one finger as a barre.
Fret and finger guide
Both codes read from low E to high e, regardless of the diagram view.
- Frets
4 · 6 · 6 · 6 · 4 · 4- Fingers
- 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 1 · 1
- Level
- Intermediate (this fingering)
Make a clean Absus4 chord
Pick only the sounding strings. Keep X-marked strings silent, place each finger just behind its fret wire, and release pressure between attempts.
- Place one finger at a time, just behind the fret wire.
- Pick each sounding string slowly. Adjust any finger that mutes its neighbour.
- Release pressure, then make the shape again. Aim for a relaxed hand.
- Strum four beats, rest for four, then repeat. Rest if your hand becomes tired; stop if you feel pain.
More fingering ideas
Compare the alternative voicing and choose the position that sounds clear without straining your hand.
Fret codes are written low E to high e. An x means leave that string silent.
Practise chord changes with a metronome →Absus4 notes and chord formula
A suspended fourth replaces the third with the fourth. Let that note move down to the third when you return to the major chord.
- Formula
- 1 – 4 – 5
- Chord notes
- Ab – Db – Eb
This shape contains every degree of the chord formula.
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