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

C+sus4C Augmented Suspended 4th

CRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes C · F · G♯

How to play it

C+sus4 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 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 7 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 7 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 x 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 11 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 14th position (x 16 16 14) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 18th position (21 21 19 18) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 19th position (21 21 19 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

Read it as tab

C+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.

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 4 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 7 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 7 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 x 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 11 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 14th position (x 16 16 14) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 18th position (21 21 19 18) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 19th position (21 21 19 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

Sound

How C+sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseexotic

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 4 · ♭6

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