F#sus2sus4

F#sus2sus4 is F#, G#, B and C#, a suspended second and fourth. The shape this page opens on is written 224424, lowest string first.

Also written F#sus2/4 or F# suspended 2nd and 4th. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 4 common shapes for F#sus2sus4 on the guitar, and 21 derived voicings in 2 families.

In which keys. Every note of F#sus2sus4 belongs to C# minor (the iv), Eb minor (the ♭III), E major (the ii), F# major (the I), F# minor (the i), Ab minor (the ♭VII), A major (the vi) and B major (the V).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 224424, x96677, x-9-9-11-9-9, 14-14-11-13-x-x.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. F#sus2sus4 has xx4424, 4444xx, xx6677, x-x-9-11-9-9, 9-11-9-11-x-x, x-11-11-11-12-x, x2412x, x4647x.

Drop 3. The third voice from the top lowered an octave. The dropped voice becomes the bass, which is why a string is skipped. F#sus2sus4 has x2x122, 4x442x, x4x474, 7x667x, x9x697, x-11-x-11-12-9, 9-x-9-11-9-x, 14-x-11-13-12-x.

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