Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯M9sus2C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd

DRoot

Etone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes D · E · A · C♯ · E

How to play it

C♯M9sus2 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 — 9th position (11 9 11 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 10 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 11 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 x 11 13 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 14 x 13 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (11 14 11 13 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

C♯M9sus2 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 — 9th position (11 9 11 x 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 10 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 10 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 11 11 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 x 11 13 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 14 x 13 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (11 14 11 13 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How C♯M9sus2 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openshimmering

Genres

ambientjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · E · A · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3

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