Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯M9sus4D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th

F♯Root

Btone

C♯tone

Ftone

G♯tone

Formula ♭3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · Notes F♯ · B · C♯ · F · G♯

How to play it

D♯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).

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (3 1 x 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (3 1 2 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (3 1 2 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (3 1 3 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (3 1 2 0 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 2 3 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 2 3 5 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 5 3 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

D♯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.

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

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (3 1 2 0 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (3 1 2 0 1 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (3 1 3 0 1 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (3 1 2 0 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 2 3 x 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 2 3 5 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 5 3 x 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How D♯M9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedlush

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · B · C♯ · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · 4

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