Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

CMsus2C Major Suspended 2nd

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How to play it

CMsus2 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1, 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 Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 x 1 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 0 1 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 x 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 x x 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 x 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

CMsus2 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 Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 0 1 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 x 1 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 0 1 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 x 0 3 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 x x 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 x 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 3 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

Sound

How CMsus2 sounds

Consonance

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 5

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