Four String Bass · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C+sus2C Augmented Suspended 2nd

CRoot
Dtone
G♯tone

Formula 1 · 2 · ♭6  ·  Notes C · D · G♯

How to play it

C+sus2 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭), 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 — Open (x 4 1 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (9 x 7 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 13 14) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 18th position (21 18 19 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 18th position (21 18 19 18) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
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 — Open (x 4 1 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (9 x 7 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 13 14) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 18th position (21 18 19 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 18th position (21 18 19 18) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)
Sound

How C+sus2 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
starkopen
Genres
experimentalambient
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · ♭6
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