Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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 2, 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 — Open (x 3 1 x 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 4 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 x 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 10 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 8 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 10 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 10 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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 — Open (x 3 1 x 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 4 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 4 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 x 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 10 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 8 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 10 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 10 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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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