Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E+sus4E Augmented Suspended 4th

G♯Root

C♯tone

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Formula 3 · 6 · 1 · Notes G♯ · C♯ · E

How to play it

E+sus4 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).

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 3 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (x x 7 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (x 10 7 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (x 10 x 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 12 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 12 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (x 10 12 10 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

E+sus4 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.

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 3 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 3 2 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (x x 7 10 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (x 10 7 10 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (x 10 x 10 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 12 x 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 12 10 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (x 10 12 10 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How E+sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 6 · 1

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