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

C+sus4C Augmented Suspended 4th

CRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes C · F · G♯

How to play it

C+sus4 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 4th guitar chord — Open (x 3 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 x 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 8 7 x x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 8 7 x 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 8 7 8 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

C+sus4 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 4th guitar tab — Open (x 3 x 1 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 x 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 4 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 4 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 8 7 x x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 8 7 x 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 8 7 8 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How C+sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseexotic

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 4 · ♭6

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