E7sus4 5-string bass chord

How to play E7sus4 on 5-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the G string at the 2nd fret. Let the E, A and D strings ring open. Don’t play the B string.

From the B string x 0 0 0 2 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in E7sus4?

E7sus4, E dominant seventh suspended fourth, is E, A, B and D: the root (E), the perfect fourth (A), the perfect fifth (B) and the minor seventh (D). Its formula is 1 4 5 ♭7.

Where does E7sus4 go?

Usually to E7, A falling to G♯, and on to A. On its own it is the open, floating sound of a lot of folk and pop.