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

G♯9sus4G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th

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Atone

Btone

Dtone

F♯tone

Formula ♭6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · Notes E · A · B · D · F♯

How to play it

G♯9sus4 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♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 x 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 2 2 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 x 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 2 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 2 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 2 2 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 4 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 2 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

G♯9sus4 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♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 x 2 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 2 2 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 x 2 2 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 2 2 2 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 2 2 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 2 2 4 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 4 2 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

G♯ Dominant 9th Suspended 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 2 2 2 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How G♯9sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

soulfulsuspendedsmooth

Genres

gospelsouljazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · A · B · D · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

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