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

AM9sus4A Major 9th Suspended 4th

F♯Root
Btone
C♯tone
Ftone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · 2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · B · C♯ · F · G♯

How to play it

AM9sus4 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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).

A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 x 0 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 0 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 0 0 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 x 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 0 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 0 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 0 x 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 0 0 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

AM9sus4 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.

A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 x 0 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 0 0 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 0 0 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 x 0 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 0 0 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 0 0 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 0 x 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 0 0 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How AM9sus4 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
suspendedlush
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · B · C♯ · F · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7
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