Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

EM9sus2E Major 9th Suspended 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · D♯ · G · A♯

How to play it

EM9sus2 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 Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (2 0 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 12th position (14 12 14 x 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 12th position (14 12 14 13 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 12th position (14 12 14 13 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 12th position (14 12 14 14 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 14th position (14 x 14 16 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 14th position (14 17 x 16 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 14th position (14 17 14 16 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

EM9sus2 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 Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (2 0 2 1 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 14 x 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 14 13 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 14 13 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 14 14 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 14th position (14 x 14 16 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 14th position (14 17 x 16 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

E Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 14th position (14 17 14 16 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How EM9sus2 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openshimmering

Genres

ambientjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · D♯ · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5

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