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

FM9sus4F Major 9th Suspended 4th

A♯Root
D♯tone
Ftone
Atone
Ctone

Formula 4 · ♭7 · 1 · 3 · 5  ·  Notes A♯ · D♯ · F · A · C

How to play it

FM9sus4 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).

F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (1 x 0 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (1 x 3 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 0 2 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 3 2 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 0 2 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 3 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 6 4 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 6 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

FM9sus4 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.

F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (1 x 0 2 1 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (1 x 3 2 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 0 2 x 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 3 2 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 0 2 1 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 3 2 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 6 4 5 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
F Major 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 6 8 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How FM9sus4 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
suspendedlush
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D♯ · F · A · C
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭7 · 1 · 3 · 5
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