How do you play the Asus & cMaj7 chord on guitar?

Question:As open chords I would play a Cmaj7 like this:

x32000

(If you are looking at the guitar, the number on the left is the fret you would hold down on the 6th string, the number after that the fret you would hold down on the 5th string, etc. An x means muffle or don't play that string, a 0 means let the string ring out without fretting it.)

by comparison, a normal C chord would look like this

032010 or x32010

An Asus could be an Asus2 or an Asus4. I'll give ways to play each, in open position...

x02200 Asus2
x02230 Asus4

As barre chords

335453 Cmaj7
577555 Asus2
577755 Asus4

There are other ways to play these chords, but these are pretty standard... there are chord dictionaries that have alternative voicings.

Saul

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: As open chords I would play a Cmaj7 like this:

x32000

(If you are looking at the guitar, the number on the left is the fret you would hold down on the 6th string, the number after that the fret you would hold down on the 5th string, etc. An x means muffle or don't play that string, a 0 means let the string ring out without fretting it.)

by comparison, a normal C chord would look like this

032010 or x32010

An Asus could be an Asus2 or an Asus4. I'll give ways to play each, in open position...

x02200 Asus2
x02230 Asus4

As barre chords

335453 Cmaj7
577555 Asus2
577755 Asus4

There are other ways to play these chords, but these are pretty standard... there are chord dictionaries that have alternative voicings.

Saul

A C major 7th is played just like an open C chord with the B string open. Just make a C chord and raise your index finger.

I'm not sure what the other chord your asking about is, A suspended maybe?

I'm assuming you want to play these at the end of the neck, not as bar chords. Note in bracket is note actually fretted.

A sus:

low E string: mute, or let ring, doesn't matter

A string: let ring.

D string: index finger on second fret (E)

G string: middle (aka f***-you) finger on second fret (A)

B string: ring finger on third fret (D)

high E string: let ring

in other words, from bottom up, (E), A, E, A, D, E

Cmaj7:

low E string: mute if possible (why? because it'll make your C maj7 sound too E-ish)

A string: ring finger on third fret (C)

D string: middle finger on second fret (E)

G string: let ring

B string: let ring (it's the major 7th)

high E string: either mute or let ring, up to you - it's part of the chord anyway.

Hope this was helpful. There are many other ways to voice these chords but these are the simplest.