Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯Msus4A♯ Major Suspended 4th

G♯Root

C♯tone

D♯tone

Formula ♭7 · ♭3 · 4 · Notes G♯ · C♯ · D♯

How to play it

A♯Msus4 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 — 3rd position (x 3 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 x x 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 x 13 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 x 13 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 11 x 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 11 13 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 13th position (x 15 x 13 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

A♯Msus4 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 — 3rd position (x 3 4 3 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 x x 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 x 13 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 x 13 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 11 x 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 11 13 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 11 13 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 13th position (x 15 x 13 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How A♯Msus4 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedanticipatoryopen

Genres

rockpopfolk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭3 · 4

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