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

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

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 — 5th position (x 5 5 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 x 8 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 7 9 x 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 7 8 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 7 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 x 9 10 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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 — 5th position (x 5 5 5 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 9 8 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 x 8 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 7 9 x 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 7 8 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 9 8 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 7 9 8 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 x 9 10 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How C♯9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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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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