Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯+M9sus4A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th

G♯Root
C♯tone
Etone
Gtone
A♯tone

Formula ♭7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · 1  ·  Notes G♯ · C♯ · E · G · A♯

How to play it

A♯+M9sus4 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-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 3 4 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 8 x 7 9 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 9 10 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 x 10 12 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 12 10 12 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 12 13 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

A♯+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.

A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 4 6 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 3 4 3 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 8 x 7 9 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 9 10 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 x 10 12 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 12 10 12 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 12 13 12 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How A♯+M9sus4 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
floatingstrange
Genres
film score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C♯ · E · G · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · 1
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