Four String Banjo · Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯+sus2C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd

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Etone
A♯tone

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

How to play it

C♯+sus2 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).

C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (6 x 6 5) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (6 7 6 5) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 6 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 11th position (x 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 17th position (18 x 18 17) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 17th position (18 19 18 17) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 18th position (18 19 18 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
Read it as tab

C♯+sus2 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♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (6 x 6 5) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (6 7 6 5) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 6 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 6 9) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 11th position (x 11 12 11) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 17th position (18 x 18 17) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 17th position (18 19 18 17) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
C♯ Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 18th position (18 19 18 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
Sound

How C♯+sus2 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
starkopen
Genres
experimentalambient
Theory

Notes & relationships

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