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

B+9sus4B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th

A♯Root

D♯tone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Ctone

Formula 7 · 3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · C

How to play it

B+9sus4 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).

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 0 0 1 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 0 3 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

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

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 x 5 8 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 5 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (7 8 x 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (7 8 5 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

B+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.

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 0 0 1 2 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 0 3 1 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

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

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 x 5 8 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 5 8 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (7 8 x 5 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

B Augmented 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (7 8 5 5 5 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How B+9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedexotic

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2

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