Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

C9sus2C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd

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Dtone

Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

Formula 1 · 2 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · Notes C · D · G · A♯ · D

How to play it

C9sus2 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD), 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).

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 2 x 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 2 0 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 2 5 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 2 5 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 x 0 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 0 0 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (12 12 10 x 12) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (12 12 10 12 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

Read it as tab

C9sus2 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.

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 2 x 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 2 0 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 2 5 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 2 5 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 x 0 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 0 0 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (12 12 10 x 12) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (12 12 10 12 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How C9sus2 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

opensmooth

Genres

popjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · G · A♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 5 · ♭7 · 2

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