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

EMsus2E Major Suspended 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

D♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · 7 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · D♯

How to play it

EMsus2 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 Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 x x x 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 x 2 x 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 x x x 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 x x 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 0 x x 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 0 x 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 2 x x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 2 x x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

EMsus2 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 Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x x x 0 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x 2 x 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 x x x 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 x x 0 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 0 x x 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 0 x 0 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 2 x x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

E Major Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 2 x x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How EMsus2 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openairyneutral

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭5 · 7

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