Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯9sus4C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th

DRoot

Gtone

Atone

Ctone

Etone

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

How to play it

C♯9sus4 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).

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

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 9 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 9 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 9 11 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 9 x 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 9 11 x 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 9 11 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C♯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.

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

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 4 4 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 9 8 9 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 9 8 9 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 9 11 9 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 9 x 9 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 9 11 x 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 9 11 9 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C♯9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

soulfulsuspendedsmooth

Genres

gospelsouljazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · G · A · C · E

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

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