Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

E+9sus2E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd

G♯Root
A♯tone
Etone
F♯tone
A♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 1 · 2 · ♭5  ·  Notes G♯ · A♯ · E · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

E+9sus2 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x 2 x 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x x 5 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x 0 5 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x 2 5 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x 2 5 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 5 x x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 5 0 x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 5 2 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Read it as tab

E+9sus2 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 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x 2 x 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x x 5 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x 0 5 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x 2 5 x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x 2 5 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 5 x x 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 5 0 x 2 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
E Augmented 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 5 2 x x 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Sound

How E+9sus2 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
airystrange
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · E · F♯ · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 1 · 2 · ♭5
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