Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

AMsus4A Major Suspended 4th

F♯Root

Btone

C♯tone

Formula 6 · 2 · 3 · Notes F♯ · B · C♯

How to play it

AMsus4 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 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x x 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x 12 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x 12 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 10 x 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 10 12 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 10 12 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

AMsus4 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 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 0 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x x 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x 12 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x 12 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 10 x 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 10 12 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 10 12 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How AMsus4 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedanticipatoryopen

Genres

rockpopfolk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · B · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 2 · 3

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