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

E+M9sus4E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th

G♯Root

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

E+M9sus4 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).

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 x 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 0 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 2 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 2 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 x 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 0 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 2 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 2 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

E+M9sus4 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-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 x 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 0 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 2 3 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 2 3 2 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 x 0 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 0 0 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 2 0 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 2 0 2 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How E+M9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C♯ · E · G · A♯

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

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