Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

FM9sus2F Major 9th Suspended 2nd

A♯Root
Ctone
Ftone
Atone
Ctone

Formula 4 · 5 · 1 · 3 · 5  ·  Notes A♯ · C · F · A · C

How to play it

FM9sus2 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).

F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 x 2 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 4 2 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 5 2 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

FM9sus2 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.

F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 0 2 x) in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 x 0 2 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 0 2 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 x 2 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 0 2 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 4 2 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 5 2 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
F Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 4 3 5) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How FM9sus2 sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
openshimmering
Genres
ambientjazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C · F · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)4 · 5 · 1 · 3 · 5
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