Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A+9sus4A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th

F♯Root
Btone
Dtone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · 2 · 4 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · B · D · E · G♯

How to play it

A+9sus4 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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).

A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 6th position (9 7 7 6 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 7 x 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 x 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 11 9 10 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 9 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

A+9sus4 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.

A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 0 2 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 2 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 2 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 6th position (9 7 7 6 8 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 7 x 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 x 9 10 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 11 9 10 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 9 9 10 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How A+9sus4 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
suspendedexotic
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · B · D · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 2 · 4 · 5 · 7
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