Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

C♯Msus2C♯ Major Suspended 2nd

DRoot
Etone
Atone

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

How to play it

C♯Msus2 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1, 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 Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 x 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 x x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
Read it as tab

C♯Msus2 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 Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 x 5) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 0 5) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 5 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 5 5) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 x 0 5) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 x x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 x 10) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
C♯ Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 10 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1
Sound

How C♯Msus2 sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
openairyneutral
Genres
poprockambient
Theory

Notes & relationships

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