1,008 guitar chords with several shapes each, finger numbers, difficulty and real sound, in any tuning.
Csus4 is a suspended fourth chord made of 3 notes: C, F, G. It sounds tense and hanging, as if waiting to resolve, and you hear it in the classic sus4-to-major move at the end of a phrase. It is the I chord of C major and turns up in 5 other keys.
The library above opens on Csus4 with 14 shapes up and down the neck, starting with hand-checked ones. Tap a shape to hear it, or play it one string at a time.
| Note | Degree | Interval from C | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | root | 0 |
| F | 4 | perfect fourth | 5 |
| G | 5 | perfect fifth | 7 |
Formula: 1 – 4 – 5. On guitar the 5th is often left out of the bigger shapes without changing the chord.
x33011x35563x330xxxx(10)(10)8x88(10)xxxxxx563The open position shape is the one to learn first. Once it is easy, try the shape at the 8th fret (xx(10)(10)8x): the same chord, higher and brighter, handy when the chords before and after it sit up the neck.
Csus4 belongs to 6 keys: I in C major, V in F major, IV in G major, VII in D minor, VI in E minor, III in A minor. In C major, try I–V–vi–IV: Csus4 – G – Am – F.
C, F, G: the root, fourth, fifth.
Open position: x33011 (low string first), rated Easy.
Csus4 has F where Csus2 has D. Csus4 sounds tense and hanging, as if waiting to resolve; Csus2 sounds open and airy, neither major nor minor.
No. The easiest shape is rated Easy and needs 4 fingers.