The sus2 chord is a very common chord that is used in a wide variety of musical genres. the sus2 chord is very user friendly and it can help to create a very professional sound. It is an absolute 'must have' for your piano chords repertoire.
ASUS2 CHORD
Asus2 piano chord - Basic theory
The Asus2 chord is made up of 3 notes and it is normally very easy to both learn & play. To construct this chord, we play the 1-2-5 notes of the A major scale or alternatively, we can start with an A major chord (1-3-5 or A-C#-E) and then swap the 3rd note (C#) for the 2nd note (B) so that we end up with 1-2-5 (A-B-E) as our Asus2 piano chord.
A MAJOR SCALE
A MAJOR CHORD
ASUS2 CHORD
Pro Tip 1 - Try playing the sus2 chord inversions to give you more flexibility & sound variety Pro Tip 3 - Try playing the 3rd note as your bass note for a simple but lovely sounding slash chord.
Learn how to combine chords together
When learning how to play chords on piano, it is firstly important that we have a basic chords vocabulary. For example, beginners might like to start with their major & minor triads and then learn the major add2, sus2 & sus4 chords. At this point, you will now be ready to start playing around with some basic chord progressions with these chords.