A 6sus4 Chord on C6 Pedal Steel
A 6sus4 on C6 Pedal Steel as a steel plays it: every straight-bar and short slant position with no pedal or lever down, with the strings to pick.
The A 6sus4 chord is a suspended chord that swaps the third for a second or fourth, leaving the harmony open and unresolved. It is built from the notes A, D, E, F#. This page shows how to play A 6sus4 on C6 Pedal Steel with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on C6 Pedal Steel: the lowest shape barres fret 9 and covers 1 fret. Both E strings stay silent, so 8 of 10 sound. A falls on the C string. It sounds from A2 up to E5.
C6 Pedal Steel is tuned C–F–A–C–E–G–A–C–E–G, 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.