A 6sus4 Chord on E9 Pedal Steel
A 6sus4 on E9 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 E9 Pedal Steel with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on E9 Pedal Steel: the lowest shape barres fret 10 and covers 1 fret. The D and D# strings stay silent, so 8 of 10 sound. A falls on the B string. It sounds from A3 up to F#5.
E9 Pedal Steel is tuned B–D–E–F#–G#–B–E–G#–D#–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.