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

E+M9sus2E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd

G♯Root
A♯tone
Etone
Gtone
A♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5  ·  Notes G♯ · A♯ · E · G · A♯

How to play it

E+M9sus2 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).

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (0 1 x x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (0 1 0 x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 x 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 x 4 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (0 4 x x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (0 4 0 x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (0 4 2 x 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (0 4 2 x 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

E+M9sus2 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.

E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (0 1 x x 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (0 1 0 x 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 x 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 x 4 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (0 4 x x 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (0 4 0 x 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (0 4 2 x 1 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
E Augmented-major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (0 4 2 x 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How E+M9sus2 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
glassyopen
Genres
ambient
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · E · G · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
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