Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯M9sus4C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th

DRoot

Gtone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes D · G · A · C♯ · E

How to play it

C♯M9sus4 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3, 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 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 4 6 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 3 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 8 x 7 8 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 9 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 9 10 12 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 x 10 12 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 12 10 12 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C♯M9sus4 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 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 0 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 4 6 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 3 4 3 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 8 x 7 8 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 9 10 x 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 9 10 12 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 x 10 12 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 12 10 12 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How C♯M9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedlush

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · G · A · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3

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