Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A+9sus4A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th

F♯Root
Btone
Dtone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · 2 · 4 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · B · D · E · G♯

How to play it

A+9sus4 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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).

A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 0 3 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 x 2 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 3 2 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 5 2 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 x 8 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 7 8 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 7 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Read it as tab

A+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.

A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 2 1 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 0 3 2 1 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 x 2 4 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 3 2 4 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 5 2 4 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 x 8 6 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 7 8 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 7 5 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Sound

How A+9sus4 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
suspendedexotic
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · B · D · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 2 · 4 · 5 · 7
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