Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯M9sus2C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd

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Formula ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes D · E · A · C♯ · E

How to play it

C♯M9sus2 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♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

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

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x x 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 10 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C♯M9sus2 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♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 x 1 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

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

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 5 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 5 4 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x x 8 9 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 10 8 9 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C♯M9sus2 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openshimmering

Genres

ambientjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · E · A · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3

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