Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯9sus2C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd

DRoot
Etone
Atone
Ctone
Etone

Formula ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3  ·  Notes D · E · A · C · E

How to play it

C♯9sus2 fingering positions

DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD), 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♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 x 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 4 6 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x x 8 11 9) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 9 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Read it as tab

C♯9sus2 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♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 2 1) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 1 2 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 1 2 1) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 x 4 6 6) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 4 6 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 4 6 6) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x x 8 11 9) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 9 8 11 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Sound

How C♯9sus2 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
opensmooth
Genres
popjazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · E · A · C · E
Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3
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