Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

FMsus4F Major Suspended 4th

A♯Root
D♯tone
Ftone

Formula 4 · ♭7 · 1  ·  Notes A♯ · D♯ · F

How to play it

FMsus4 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).

F Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 3 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 3 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (x x 8 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (x 11 x 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (x x 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (x 11 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (x 11 8 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (x 11 x 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Read it as tab

FMsus4 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.

F Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 3 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 3 3 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (x x 8 10 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (x 11 x 8 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (x x 8 8 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (x 11 8 8 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (x 11 8 10 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
F Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (x 11 x 10 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Sound

How FMsus4 sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
suspendedanticipatoryopen
Genres
rockpopfolk
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D♯ · F
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭7 · 1
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