Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

CMsus4C Major Suspended 4th

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Ftone

Gtone

Formula 1 · 4 · 5 · Notes C · F · G

How to play it

CMsus4 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 Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 0 x 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 0 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 x x 3 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 x 0 3 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 0 x 3 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 0 0 3 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 0 5 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x x 0 3 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

Read it as tab

CMsus4 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 Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 0 x 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 0 0 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 x x 3 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 x 0 3 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 0 x 3 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 0 0 3 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 0 5 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x x 0 3 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How CMsus4 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedanticipatoryopen

Genres

rockpopfolk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · F · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 4 · 5

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