Four String Bass · Standard Tuning (EADG)

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

Standard Tuning (EADG), 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 3 0 1) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (8 x 6 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 12th position (x 15 12 13) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 17th position (20 17 18 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 17th position (20 17 18 17) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG)

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 3 0 1) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 x) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 7) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (8 x 6 7) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 12th position (x 15 12 13) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 17th position (20 17 18 x) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

C Augmented Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 17th position (20 17 18 17) in Standard Tuning (EADG)

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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