Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E+9sus4E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th

G♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 6 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

E+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).

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

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

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (2 0 0 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 5 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 0 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 x 5 3 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 5 3 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 5 5 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

E+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.

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (2 0 0 x 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (2 x 0 2 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (2 0 0 2 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 5 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 0 2 x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 x 5 3 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 5 3 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 5 5 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How E+9sus4 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedexotic

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C♯ · E · F♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 6 · 1 · 2 · ♭5

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