Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C+9sus4C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th

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Ftone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

Formula 1 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · Notes C · F · G♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

C+9sus4 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3, 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 Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 x 6 6 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 6 x 6 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 6 3 6 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 6 6 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 5 6 6 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 x 3 6 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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 Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 x 6 6 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 6 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 6 x 6 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 6 3 6 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 6 6 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 6 6 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 5 6 6 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 x 3 6 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How C+9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedexotic

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · F · G♯ · A♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2

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