Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A9sus2A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd

F♯Root

G♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · 7 · 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes F♯ · G♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

How to play it

A9sus2 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 Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 x 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 x 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 2 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 4 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 x 7 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 7 6 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

A9sus2 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 Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 x 2 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 2 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 x 2 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 2 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 2 2 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 4 2 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 x 7 6 7 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 7 6 x x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How A9sus2 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

opensmooth

Genres

popjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 3 · 5 · 7

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