Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

EMsus2E Major Suspended 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

EMsus2 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 Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 x 4 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

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

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

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

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 6 x 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 6 9 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 6 9 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

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

Read it as tab

EMsus2 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 Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 x 4 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 6 x x) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 4 4 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 6 4 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 6 x 9) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 6 9 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 6 9 9) in Double C (gCGCD)

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

Sound

How EMsus2 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openairyneutral

Genres

poprockambient

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 7

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