Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E+M9sus2E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · E · G · A♯

How to play it

E+M9sus2 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).

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 13th position (16 x 13 13 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 13th position (16 x 13 16 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 14th position (16 17 16 14 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 14th position (16 17 16 16 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 16 x 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 16 16 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 16 16 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

E+M9sus2 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.

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 4 4 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 13th position (16 x 13 13 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 13th position (16 x 13 16 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 14th position (16 17 16 14 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 14th position (16 17 16 16 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 16 x 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 16 16 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 16 16 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How E+M9sus2 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

glassyopen

Genres

ambient

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · E · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

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