Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

E+sus4E Augmented Suspended 4th

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Formula 3 · 6 · 1  ·  Notes G♯ · C♯ · E

How to play it

E+sus4 fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE), 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 — Open (2 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (2 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 x 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (x 9 10 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 12th position (14 14 13 12) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 13th position (14 14 13 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 14th position (14 17 x 17) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
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 — Open (2 2 1 x) in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (2 2 1 0) in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 x 5) in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 5 5) in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (x 9 10 8) in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 12th position (14 14 13 12) in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 13th position (14 14 13 x) in Chicago (DGBE)
E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 14th position (14 17 x 17) in Chicago (DGBE)
Sound

How E+sus4 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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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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