Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

CM6sus4C Major 6th Suspended 4th

CRoot
Ftone
Gtone
Atone

Formula 1 · 4 · 5 · 6  ·  Notes C · F · G · A

How to play it

CM6sus4 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 Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 x 3 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 0 3 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 5 x 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 5 3 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (0 0 5 x 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (0 0 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

CM6sus4 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 Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 x 3 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 0 3 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 5 x 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 5 5 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 5 3 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 5 5 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (0 0 5 x 7) in Double C (gCGCD)
C Major 6th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (0 0 5 7 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How CM6sus4 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
opensuspended
Genres
folkpop
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · F · G · A
Formula (scale degrees)1 · 4 · 5 · 6
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