Csus4

Csus4 is C, F and G, a suspended fourth. The shape this page opens on is written x33011, lowest string first.

Also written Csus or C suspended 4th. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 8 common shapes for Csus4 on the guitar, and 49 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of Csus4 belongs to C major (the I), C minor (the i), D minor (the ♭VII), Eb major (the vi), F major (the V), F minor (the v), G minor (the iv), Ab major (the iii), A minor (the ♭III) and Bb major (the ii).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x33011, x35563, 8x5568, 88x068, xx5568, 8-10-10-10-8-8, x-x-10-12-13-13, x-15-15-12-13-x.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Csus4 has xx301x, xxx011, x3301x, 1330xx, xx3011, xx3013, x330xx, 333xxx.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.