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

CMsus2C Major Suspended 2nd

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Dtone

Gtone

Formula 1 · 2 · 5 · Notes C · D · G

How to play it

CMsus2 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 Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

CMsus2 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 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 3) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How CMsus2 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openairyneutral

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 5

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