Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

CM9sus2C Major 9th Suspended 2nd

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Formula 1 · 2 · 5 · 7 · 2 · Notes C · D · G · B · D

How to play it

CM9sus2 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), 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 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 10 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 10 9 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 10 12 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 x 12 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 10 12 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 20th position (22 20 22 x 22) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

CM9sus2 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 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 10 x 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 10 9 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 10 9 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 10 10 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 10 12 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 x 12 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 10 12 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 20th position (22 20 22 x 22) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How CM9sus2 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openshimmering

Genres

ambientjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · G · B · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 5 · 7 · 2

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