Fsus4

Fsus4 is F, Bb and C, a suspended fourth. The shape this page opens on is written 133311, lowest string first.

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

There are 7 common shapes for Fsus4 on the guitar, and 48 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of Fsus4 belongs to C minor (the iv), C# major (the iii), D minor (the ♭III), Eb major (the ii), F major (the I), F minor (the i), G minor (the ♭VII), Ab major (the vi), Bb major (the V) and Bb minor (the v).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 133311, xx3566, x8856x, x-8-10-10-11-8, 13-x-10-10-11-13, x-x-10-10-11-13, 13-15-15-15-13-13.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Fsus4 has xx331x, xxx311, xx3311, 1333xx, x1331x, x3331x, x333xx, xxx566.

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