Four String Banjo · Irish Tenor (GDAE)

A♯+sus4A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th

G♯Root
C♯tone
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Formula ♭7 · ♭3 · ♭5  ·  Notes G♯ · C♯ · E

How to play it

A♯+sus4 fingering positions

Irish Tenor (GDAE), 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).

A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (3 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (3 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 6 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (x 8 9 11) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 13th position (15 13 x 14) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 13th position (15 13 13 14) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 15th position (15 16 18 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
Read it as tab

A♯+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.

A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (3 1 x 2) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (3 1 1 2) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 6 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 6 6) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (x 8 9 11) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 13th position (15 13 x 14) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 13th position (15 13 13 14) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 15th position (15 16 18 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
Sound

How A♯+sus4 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C♯ · E
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭3 · ♭5
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