This is similar to the triad (E-A-C#) that forms the A major chord at the 2nd fret of the fourth, third and second strings (in that order). Like sus4, sus2 is neither major nor minor.

Guitar skills: There are two main types of sus (or ‘suspended’) chord: the sus2 and the sus4. Each of these is a variation on a basic major chord – so, where a major chord uses the first, third and ...

Esus2 We’re already working with quite a stark, austere kind of sound, and this is heightened by the use of suspended (sus4 or sus2) chords. So instead of using regular Em, we’ve swapped the G note ...