Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B+9sus4B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th

A♯Root

D♯tone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Ctone

Formula 7 · 3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · C

How to play it

B+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).

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 2 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 9 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 9 x 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 13 11 12 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 11 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 13 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

B+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.

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 2 0 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 4 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 9 8 10 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 9 x 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 11 12 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 13 11 12 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 11 11 12 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 13 11 12 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How B+9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedexotic

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2

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