A 9sus4 Chord on Puerto Rican Cuatro (Antiguo)
Play A 9sus4 on Puerto Rican Cuatro (Antiguo): diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A 9sus4 chord is a suspended dominant that replaces the third with a fourth or second over a seventh. It is built from the notes A, B, D, E, G. This page shows how to play A 9sus4 on Puerto Rican Cuatro (Antiguo) with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The A and D strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 2 over a 3-fret stretch. The root is the A string itself. It sounds from D3 up to G4.
Puerto Rican Cuatro (Antiguo) is tuned A–D–G–C–F, with 15 frets to work with.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.