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

CM11sus2C Major 11th Suspended 2nd

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How to play it

CM11sus2 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 Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 3 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 7 6 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 x 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 7 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 7 6 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 7 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 7 6 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

CM11sus2 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 Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 3 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 3 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 7 6 8 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 x 6 6 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 7 6 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 7 6 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 7 6 6 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 7 6 6 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · G · B · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4

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