Guitar chords · Suspended 4th
Gsus4 chord on guitar
Gsus4 (G 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: G, C and D, 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 Gsus4
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.
Gsus4 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 E 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 A shape at fret 10. 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
E shape · fret 3
A shape · fret 10
Notes and formula
What makes Gsus4 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 Gsus4 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.
- GRroot
- C4essential
- D5optional
- G, the root
- Other chord tones
Gsus4 usually resolves to G, as the 4th falls to the 3rd.
Keys
Keys with Gsus4
Gsus4 belongs to ten keys: C major (Vsus4), G major (Isus4), E♭ major (IIIsus4), B♭ major (VIsus4), F major (IIsus4), A minor (VIIsus4), E minor (IIIsus4), C minor (Vsus4), G minor (Isus4) and D minor (IVsus4).
- Vsus4C major
- Isus4G major
- IIIsus4E♭ major
- VIsus4B♭ major
- IIsus4F major
- VIIsus4A minor
- IIIsus4E minor
- Vsus4C minor
- Isus4G minor
- IVsus4D 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
Gsus4 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 Gsus4 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Gsus4/D
Gsus4 with its 5th, D, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on G
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.
- G major
- Gm minor
- G7 dominant 7th
- Gmaj7 major 7th
- Gm7 minor 7th
- Gsus2 suspended 2nd
- G6 major 6th
- Gm6 minor 6th
- Gadd9 add 9
- G9 dominant 9th
- Gmaj9 major 9th
- Gm9 minor 9th
- G13 dominant 13th
- Gmaj13 major 13th
- Gm11 minor 11th
- G° diminished
- Gm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- G°7 diminished 7th
- G+ augmented
- G5 power chord
- G7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Gm(maj7) minor major 7th
- G6/9 six-nine
- Gm(add9) minor add 9
- G7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Gsus4, in short
- What notes are in the Gsus4 chord?
- Gsus4 (G 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: G, C and D, 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 Gsus4 on guitar?
- Gsus4 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 E 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 A shape at fret 10.
- What key is Gsus4 in?
- Gsus4 belongs to ten keys: C major (Vsus4), G major (Isus4), E♭ major (IIIsus4), B♭ major (VIsus4), F major (IIsus4), A minor (VIIsus4), E minor (IIIsus4), C minor (Vsus4), G minor (Isus4) and D minor (IVsus4).