Guitar chords · Suspended 4th
Csus4 chord on guitar
Csus4 (C A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th) has three notes: C, F and G, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4 and 5.
Shapes
How to play Csus4
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Csus4 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and two A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 3 and the E shape at fret 8. A movable shape keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
A shape · fret 3
E shape · fret 8
Notes and formula
What makes Csus4 suspended 4th
A sus4 chord replaces the 3rd with the 4th. The 4th wants to fall back to the 3rd, so a sus4 chord usually resolves to the major chord on the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7..
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 4th makes Csus4 a A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- CRroot
- F4essential
- G5optional
- C, the root
- Other chord tones
Csus4 usually resolves to C, as the 4th falls to the 3rd.
Keys
Keys with Csus4
Csus4 belongs to ten keys: C major (Isus4), A♭ major (IIIsus4), E♭ major (VIsus4), B♭ major (IIsus4), F major (Vsus4), A minor (IIIsus4), F minor (Vsus4), C minor (Isus4), G minor (IVsus4) and D minor (VIIsus4).
- Isus4C major
- IIIsus4A♭ major
- VIsus4E♭ major
- IIsus4B♭ major
- Vsus4F major
- IIIsus4A minor
- Vsus4F minor
- Isus4C minor
- IVsus4G minor
- VIIsus4D minor
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
Csus4 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Csus4 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Csus4/G
Csus4 with its 5th, G, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on C
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- C major
- Cm minor
- C7 dominant 7th
- Cmaj7 major 7th
- Cm7 minor 7th
- Csus2 suspended 2nd
- C6 major 6th
- Cm6 minor 6th
- Cadd9 add 9
- C9 dominant 9th
- Cmaj9 major 9th
- Cm9 minor 9th
- C13 dominant 13th
- Cmaj13 major 13th
- Cm11 minor 11th
- C° diminished
- Cm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- C°7 diminished 7th
- C+ augmented
- C5 power chord
- C7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Cm(maj7) minor major 7th
- C6/9 six-nine
- Cm(add9) minor add 9
- C7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Csus4, in short
- What notes are in the Csus4 chord?
- Csus4 (C A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 4th) has three notes: C, F and G, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4 and 5.
- How do you play Csus4 on guitar?
- Csus4 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and two A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 3 and the E shape at fret 8.
- What key is Csus4 in?
- Csus4 belongs to ten keys: C major (Isus4), A♭ major (IIIsus4), E♭ major (VIsus4), B♭ major (IIsus4), F major (Vsus4), A minor (IIIsus4), F minor (Vsus4), C minor (Isus4), G minor (IVsus4) and D minor (VIIsus4).