Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C7sus2C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd

CRoot

Dtone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 1 · 2 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes C · D · G · A♯

How to play it

C7sus2 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3, 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 Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 7 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 7 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 7 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 7 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 7 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 x 7 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C7sus2 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 Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 5 3) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 7 x 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 7 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 7 5 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 7 7 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 7 5 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 x 7 9 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 x 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

Sound

How C7sus2 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openunresolved

Genres

poprock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 5 · ♭7

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