Guitar chord · Suspended 4th
Csus4 chord (C Suspended 4th)
Replaces the 3rd with a 4th, suspending major/minor feeling with open tension.
Notes CFG
Formula 1 4 5
Shapes 3 on this page
Csus4 chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, C.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Tap any note to hear it.
Scales to play over Csus4
These scales start on C and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Csus4 is the chord of the moment.
C Major C Minor C Minor Pentatonic C Blues C Dorian C Phrygian C Mixolydian C Harmonic Minor C Phrygian Dominant C Melodic Minor C Bebop Dominant C Dorian b2 C Mixolydian b6 C Harmonic Major C Double Harmonic Major C Neapolitan Minor C Neapolitan Major C Bebop Major C Bebop Dorian C Yo C In C In Sen C Mixolydian b2 C Bebop Melodic Minor C Bebop Harmonic Minor C Egyptian Pentatonic
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Questions
- What notes are in a Csus4 chord?
- Csus4 is C, F, G: the 1, 4, 5 of C.
- How do you play Csus4 on guitar?
- Esus4 Open / Barre Shape: 8 10 10 10 8 8; Asus4 Open / Barre Shape: x 3 5 5 6 3; Dsus4 Open Shape: x x 10 12 13 13 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Csus4?
- Scales on C that contain every note of Csus4: C Major, C Minor, C Minor Pentatonic, C Blues, C Dorian, C Phrygian.
Suspended 4th chords in every key
More C chords
C Cm Cdim C5 C7 Cmaj7 Cm7 Cm(maj7) Cmaj9 C9 Cm9 Cm11 C6 Cm6 Cadd9 Csus2 C7sus4 C7#9 Caug Cmaj7#5 Cdim7 Cm7b5 C7b9 C13 C6/9 C11 C9sus4 Cmadd9 Cadd11 Cm6/9 C7#5 C7b5 C7#11 Cmaj13 Cm13 Cmaj11 C9#11 Cmaj9#11 Cmaj7#11 Cm9b5 C7sus4b9 Cm(maj9) C9#5 C9b5 C7b5b9 C7#5b9 C7#5#9 C7b5#9 C7b13 C13b9 C13#11 Cm7#5 Cmaj7b5 Cdim(maj7) Cmadd11