Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯11sus2C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd

DRoot
Etone
Atone
Ctone
Etone
Gtone

Formula ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5  ·  Notes D · E · A · C · E · G

How to play it

C♯11sus2 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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).

C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 4 4 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 6 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 6 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 9 8 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 x 11 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 11 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 x 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 9 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
Read it as tab

C♯11sus2 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.

C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 4 4 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 6 4 4 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 6 8 7 9) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 9 8 7 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 x 11 9 9) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 11 9 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 x 8 9 9) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Dominant 11th Suspended 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 9 8 9 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
Sound

How C♯11sus2 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
openmodal
Genres
jazzgospel
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · E · A · C · E · G
Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · ♭5
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