Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯7sus2C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd

DRoot
Etone
Atone
Ctone

Formula ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 7  ·  Notes D · E · A · C

How to play it

C♯7sus2 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♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (x 7 6 9 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 9 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 9 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 10th position (11 x 11 13 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 14 14 x 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Read it as tab

C♯7sus2 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 — 6th position (x 7 6 9 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 x 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 9 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 9 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 11 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 9 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 10th position (11 x 11 13 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
C♯ Dominant 7th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 14 14 x 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Sound

How C♯7sus2 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
openunresolved
Genres
poprock
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · E · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 7
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