E Chord Variations All Beginners Should Know
It’s time to look at the E Shape and how to make cool sounds using variations of the regular open E chord. Adding fingers, taking them away, all that good stuff. 
Lesson here
Curling the Low E string with the pinky? Looks like I’ve got some work to do!
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E, E7, Esus4, Eadd6 seem to work well over the E in “It’s only Rockin Roll” by the Rolling Stones. I’ve been having fun using these. I may post a AVOP soon.
Have Fun,
Phil
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Why there isn’t the Esus2?
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Sus 2 chords replace the 3rd interval of the chord with the 2nd. The 3rd interval of the E chord is G# played on the first fret G string, the 2nd interval is 2 semitomes below that putting it behind the nut. If you just lift your finger off the G# note you get G making an Em chord. You can play an Esus2 in open position but it is a very user unfriendly chord and easier to play on different spots on the neck.
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Some of these are hard again. Getting my pinky down to the third fret is not quite impossible but can only get to in front of the 2nd fret, which is not ideal and this is even with @TheMadman_tobyjenner suggestions for hand position and finger stretching.
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I noticed that for the E7 chord with the pinky, the ring finger is also added on the D String second fret. Why is that?
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The 2nd fret of the D string is an E the root of the E7 chord. That being said this E is optional because there is already a root note on the open E string and if you lift your finger you’ll be playing the note D this is the b7 also a note in the E7 chord. As long as you have atleast one R 3 5 b7 (5 is also optional) you will have a dominant 7 chord.
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