Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

AM9sus2A Major 9th Suspended 2nd

F♯Root
G♯tone
C♯tone
Ftone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · 7 · 3 · ♭6 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · G♯ · C♯ · F · G♯

How to play it

AM9sus2 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 2 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 4 x 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 4 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

AM9sus2 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 Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 1 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 1 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 1 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 2 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 4 x 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 4 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 4 5 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How AM9sus2 sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
openshimmering
Genres
ambientjazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · C♯ · F · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 3 · ♭6 · 7
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