Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

EM6sus2E Major 6th Suspended 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

D♯tone

Ftone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 7 · ♭2 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · D♯ · F

How to play it

EM6sus2 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).

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (4 4 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 13th position (16 16 13 x 16) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 13th position (16 16 13 16 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 13th position (16 16 13 14 16) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 13th position (16 16 13 16 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 13th position (16 16 13 16 16) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

Read it as tab

EM6sus2 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 6th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (4 4 1 4 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 13th position (16 16 13 x 16) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 13th position (16 16 13 16 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 13th position (16 16 13 14 16) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 13th position (16 16 13 16 14) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major 6th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 13th position (16 16 13 16 16) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How EM6sus2 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openbreezy

Genres

popfolk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · D♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 7 · ♭2

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