Guitar chord · Suspended 4th
Fsus4 chord (F Suspended 4th)
Replaces the 3rd with a 4th, suspending major/minor feeling with open tension.
Notes FBbC
Formula 1 4 5
Shapes 3 on this page
Fsus4 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 Fsus4
These scales start on F and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Fsus4 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 Fsus4 chord?
- Fsus4 is F, Bb, C: the 1, 4, 5 of F.
- How do you play Fsus4 on guitar?
- Esus4 Open / Barre Shape: 1 3 3 3 1 1; Asus4 Open / Barre Shape: x 8 10 10 11 8; Dsus4 Open Shape: x x 3 5 6 6 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Fsus4?
- Scales on F that contain every note of Fsus4: F Major, F Minor, F Minor Pentatonic, F Blues, F Dorian, F Phrygian.
Suspended 4th chords in every key
More F chords
F Fm Fdim F5 F7 Fmaj7 Fm7 Fm(maj7) Fmaj9 F9 Fm9 Fm11 F6 Fm6 Fadd9 Fsus2 F7sus4 F7#9 Faug Fmaj7#5 Fdim7 Fm7b5 F7b9 F13 F6/9 F11 F9sus4 Fmadd9 Fadd11 Fm6/9 F7#5 F7b5 F7#11 Fmaj13 Fm13 Fmaj11 F9#11 Fmaj9#11 Fmaj7#11 Fm9b5 F7sus4b9 Fm(maj9) F9#5 F9b5 F7b5b9 F7#5b9 F7#5#9 F7b5#9 F7b13 F13b9 F13#11 Fm7#5 Fmaj7b5 Fdim(maj7) Fmadd11