Guitar chord · Suspended 4th
F#sus4 chord (F# Suspended 4th)
Replaces the 3rd with a 4th, suspending major/minor feeling with open tension.
Notes F#BC#
Formula 1 4 5
Shapes 3 on this page
F#sus4 chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, F#.
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 F#sus4
These scales start on F# and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when F#sus4 is the chord of the moment.
F# Major F# Minor F# Minor Pentatonic F# Blues F# Dorian F# Phrygian F# Mixolydian F# Harmonic Minor F# Phrygian Dominant F# Melodic Minor F# Bebop Dominant F# Dorian b2 F# Mixolydian b6 F# Harmonic Major F# Double Harmonic Major F# Neapolitan Minor F# Neapolitan Major F# Bebop Major F# Bebop Dorian F# Yo F# In F# In Sen F# Mixolydian b2 F# Bebop Melodic Minor F# Bebop Harmonic Minor F# Egyptian Pentatonic
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Questions
- What notes are in a F#sus4 chord?
- F#sus4 is F#, B, C#: the 1, 4, 5 of F#.
- How do you play F#sus4 on guitar?
- Esus4 Open / Barre Shape: 2 4 4 4 2 2; Asus4 Open / Barre Shape: x 9 11 11 12 9; Dsus4 Open Shape: x x 4 6 7 7 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with F#sus4?
- Scales on F# that contain every note of F#sus4: F# Major, F# Minor, F# Minor Pentatonic, F# Blues, F# Dorian, F# Phrygian.
Suspended 4th chords in every key
More F# chords
F# F#m F#dim F#5 F#7 F#maj7 F#m7 F#m(maj7) F#maj9 F#9 F#m9 F#m11 F#6 F#m6 F#add9 F#sus2 F#7sus4 F#7#9 F#aug F#maj7#5 F#dim7 F#m7b5 F#7b9 F#13 F#6/9 F#11 F#9sus4 F#madd9 F#add11 F#m6/9 F#7#5 F#7b5 F#7#11 F#maj13 F#m13 F#maj11 F#9#11 F#maj9#11 F#maj7#11 F#m9b5 F#7sus4b9 F#m(maj9) F#9#5 F#9b5 F#7b5b9 F#7#5b9 F#7#5#9 F#7b5#9 F#7b13 F#13b9 F#13#11 F#m7#5 F#maj7b5 F#dim(maj7) F#madd11