Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E+sus2E Augmented Suspended 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

Etone

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

How to play it

E+sus2 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3, 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 Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 2 x 1 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 2 3 x x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 2 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (1 2 3 1 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (13 14 x 11 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (13 14 x 13 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (13 14 13 11 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (13 14 13 13 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

E+sus2 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 Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 2 x 1 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 2 3 x x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 2 1 1 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (1 2 3 1 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (13 14 x 11 13) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (13 14 x 13 11) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (13 14 13 11 13) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

E Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (13 14 13 13 11) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

Sound

How E+sus2 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

starkopen

Genres

experimentalambient

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 1

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