Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C+sus2C Augmented Suspended 2nd

CRoot
Dtone
G♯tone

Formula 1 · 2 · ♭6  ·  Notes C · D · G♯

How to play it

C+sus2 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 x 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 5 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 5 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 8 x 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 8 9 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 8 11 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 8 11 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
Read it as tab

C+sus2 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 x 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 5 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 5 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 8 x 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 8 11 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 8 9 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 8 11 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 8 11 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1
Sound

How C+sus2 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
starkopen
Genres
experimentalambient
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · ♭6
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