Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

DM6sus4D Major 6th Suspended 4th

ERoot

Atone

Btone

C♯tone

Formula 2 · 5 · 6 · 7 · Notes E · A · B · C♯

How to play it

DM6sus4 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).

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 x 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 5 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 5 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (x 7 0 5 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (x 7 0 7 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (x 7 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (x 7 8 9 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

DM6sus4 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.

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 x 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 5 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 5 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (x 7 0 5 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (x 7 0 7 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (x 7 8 7 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

D Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (x 7 8 9 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How DM6sus4 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

opensuspended

Genres

folkpop

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · A · B · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 5 · 6 · 7

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