Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

CMsus2C Major Suspended 2nd

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Formula 1 · 2 · 5 · Notes C · D · G

How to play it

CMsus2 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, 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 2nd guitar chord — Open (x x x 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (6 x x 4 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 x 4 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (x x 6 4 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (6 x x 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (6 x 6 4 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 x 4 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 x 4 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

CMsus2 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 2nd guitar tab — Open (x x x 2 1 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (6 x x 4 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 x 4 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (x x 6 4 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (6 x x 4 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (6 x 6 4 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 x 4 x 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 x 4 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How CMsus2 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openairyneutral

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 5

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