Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

EMsus4E Major Suspended 4th

G♯Root

C♯tone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

EMsus4 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 Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 0 x x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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

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

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

E Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 x x 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 x 7 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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

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

Read it as tab

EMsus4 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 Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 0 x x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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

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

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

E Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 x x 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

E Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 x 7 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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

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

Sound

How EMsus4 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedanticipatoryopen

Genres

rockpopfolk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 6 · 7

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