Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

E+sus4E Augmented Suspended 4th

G♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Formula 3 · 6 · 1 · Notes G♯ · C♯ · E

How to play it

E+sus4 fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 (4 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (4 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 x 7) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 5 7) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (x 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 13th position (16 14 13 x) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 13th position (16 14 13 14) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 x 19) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

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 (4 2 1 x) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (4 2 1 2) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 x 7) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 5 7) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (x 9 10 10) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 13th position (16 14 13 x) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 13th position (16 14 13 14) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 x 19) in Plectrum (CGBD)

Sound

How E+sus4 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseexotic

Genres

film score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 6 · 1

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