Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

C♯Msus4C♯ Major Suspended 4th

DRoot

Gtone

Atone

Formula ♭2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · Notes D · G · A

How to play it

C♯Msus4 fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 4 4) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 11th position (13 11 x 11) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 11th position (13 11 11 11) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 16 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 16 16) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — 18th position (x 18 18 21) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

Read it as tab

C♯Msus4 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 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 4 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 4 4) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 6 9) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 11th position (13 11 x 11) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 11th position (13 11 11 11) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 16 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 16 16) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — 18th position (x 18 18 21) in Tenor (CGDA)

Sound

How C♯Msus4 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedanticipatoryopen

Genres

rockpopfolk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · G · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · ♭5 · ♭6

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