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

GM9sus2G Major 9th Suspended 2nd

DRoot
Etone
Atone
C♯tone
Etone

Formula 5 · 6 · 2 · ♭5 · 6  ·  Notes D · E · A · C♯ · E

How to play it

GM9sus2 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).

G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (3 x x 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (3 x 2 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (3 3 x 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (3 3 2 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (x x 3 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (3 x 2 1 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (3 3 x 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — Open (3 3 2 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

GM9sus2 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.

G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (3 x x 1 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (3 x 2 1 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (3 3 x 1 x 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (3 3 2 1 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (x x 3 1 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (3 x 2 1 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (3 3 x 1 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
G Major 9th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — Open (3 3 2 1 x 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How GM9sus2 sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
openshimmering
Genres
ambientjazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · E · A · C♯ · E
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 6 · 2 · ♭5 · 6
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