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

EM9sus4E Major 9th Suspended 4th

G♯Root

C♯tone

D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · 6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · C♯ · D♯ · G · A♯

How to play it

EM9sus4 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).

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 8 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 x 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 8 7 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 8 7 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 8 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 8 7 7 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

EM9sus4 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 Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 4 4 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 4 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 8 7 9 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 x 7 7 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 8 7 7 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 8 7 9 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 8 7 7 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

E Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 8 7 7 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How EM9sus4 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedlush

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C♯ · D♯ · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5

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