Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

CMsus4C Major Suspended 4th

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How to play it

CMsus4 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3, 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 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 x x 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 x x 4 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 x 4 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x x x 3 4 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 3 x 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 x 3 4 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 x 4 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 x 4 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

CMsus4 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 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 x x 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 x x 4 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 x 4 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x x x 3 4 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 3 x 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 x 3 4 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 x 4 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Major Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 x 4 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How CMsus4 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedanticipatoryopen

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · F · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 4 · 5

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