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

CM13sus4C Major 13th Suspended 4th

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How to play it

CM13sus4 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 13th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (8 8 5 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 5th position (8 8 7 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 7 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 7th position (8 10 10 9 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 17th position (20 20 17 18 18 19) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 17th position (20 20 19 18 18 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 19th position (20 20 19 21 22 22) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 19th position (20 22 22 21 20 19) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

CM13sus4 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 13th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (8 8 5 6 6 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 5th position (8 8 7 6 6 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 7 9 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 7th position (8 10 10 9 8 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 17th position (20 20 17 18 18 19) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 17th position (20 20 19 18 18 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 19th position (20 20 19 21 22 22) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major 13th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 19th position (20 22 22 21 20 19) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How CM13sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fullsuspended

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · F · G · B · D · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 4 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · 6

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