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

C7sus4C Dominant 7th Suspended 4th

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Ftone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 1 · 4 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes C · F · G · A♯

How to play it

C7sus4 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 Dominant 7th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 2 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 7th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 7th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 7th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

C7sus4 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 Dominant 7th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 2 x 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 7th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 2 x 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 7th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 2 1 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 7th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 2 1 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

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

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

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

Sound

How C7sus4 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

suspendedsoulfulanticipatory

Genres

soulgospeljazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · F · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 4 · 5 · ♭7

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