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

CMsus2C Major Suspended 2nd

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How to play it

CMsus2 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 Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 1 x x 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

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

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

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

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

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x x x 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

Read it as tab

CMsus2 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 Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 1 x x 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

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

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 1 x 4 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 4 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 4 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x x x 4 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

Sound

How CMsus2 sounds

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 5

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