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

C+M9sus4C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th

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Ftone

G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

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

How to play it

C+M9sus4 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).

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 3 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 7 6 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 6th position (8 9 x 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 6th position (8 9 7 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 6th position (8 9 8 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (8 x 7 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (8 x 10 9 9 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

C+M9sus4 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-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 3 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 3 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 7 6 9 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 6th position (8 9 x 6 6 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 6th position (8 9 7 6 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 6th position (8 9 8 6 6 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (8 x 7 9 9 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented-major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (8 x 10 9 9 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How C+M9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · F · G♯ · B · D

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

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