Guitar chords · Suspended 4th
Fsus4 chord on guitar
Fsus4 (F 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: F, B♭ and C, 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 Fsus4
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.
Fsus4 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 1 or the A shape at fret 8. A 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. 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.
E shape · fret 1
A shape · fret 8
Notes and formula
What makes Fsus4 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 Fsus4 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.
- FRroot
- B♭4essential
- C5optional
- F, the root
- Other chord tones
Fsus4 usually resolves to F, as the 4th falls to the 3rd.
Keys
Keys with Fsus4
Fsus4 belongs to ten keys: D♭ major (IIIsus4), A♭ major (VIsus4), E♭ major (IIsus4), B♭ major (Vsus4), F major (Isus4), B♭ minor (Vsus4), F minor (Isus4), C minor (IVsus4), G minor (VIIsus4) and D minor (IIIsus4).
- IIIsus4D♭ major
- VIsus4A♭ major
- IIsus4E♭ major
- Vsus4B♭ major
- Isus4F major
- Vsus4B♭ minor
- Isus4F minor
- IVsus4C minor
- VIIsus4G minor
- IIIsus4D 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
Fsus4 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 Fsus4 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Fsus4/C
Fsus4 with its 5th, C, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on F
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.
- F major
- Fm minor
- F7 dominant 7th
- Fmaj7 major 7th
- Fm7 minor 7th
- Fsus2 suspended 2nd
- F6 major 6th
- Fm6 minor 6th
- Fadd9 add 9
- F9 dominant 9th
- Fmaj9 major 9th
- Fm9 minor 9th
- F13 dominant 13th
- Fmaj13 major 13th
- Fm11 minor 11th
- F° diminished
- Fm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- F°7 diminished 7th
- F+ augmented
- F5 power chord
- F7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Fm(maj7) minor major 7th
- F6/9 six-nine
- Fm(add9) minor add 9
- F7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Fsus4, in short
- What notes are in the Fsus4 chord?
- Fsus4 (F 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: F, B♭ and C, 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 Fsus4 on guitar?
- Fsus4 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 1 or the A shape at fret 8.
- What key is Fsus4 in?
- Fsus4 belongs to ten keys: D♭ major (IIIsus4), A♭ major (VIsus4), E♭ major (IIsus4), B♭ major (Vsus4), F major (Isus4), B♭ minor (Vsus4), F minor (Isus4), C minor (IVsus4), G minor (VIIsus4) and D minor (IIIsus4).