Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

AMsus2A Major Suspended 2nd

F♯Root

G♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 6 · 7 · 3 · Notes F♯ · G♯ · C♯

How to play it

AMsus2 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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).

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 x 7 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 x 9 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 10 7 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 10 9 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x x 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x 9 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 x x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

AMsus2 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.

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 2 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 x 7 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 x 9 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 10 7 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 10 9 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x x 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x 9 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 x x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How AMsus2 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openairyneutral

Genres

poprockambient

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 3

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