Gsus2

Gsus2 is G, A and D, a suspended second. The shape this page opens on is written 300033, lowest string first.

Also written G2 or G suspended 2nd. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 10 common shapes for Gsus2 on the guitar, and 52 derived voicings in 2 families.

In which keys. Every note of Gsus2 belongs to C major (the V), D major (the IV), D minor (the iv), E minor (the ♭III), F major (the ii), G major (the I), G minor (the i), A minor (the ♭VII), Bb major (the vi) and B minor (the ♭VI).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 300033, 3xx233, 355x35, xx5785, x-10-7-7-8-10, x-x-7-7-8-10, x-10-12-12-10-10, 15-12-12-14-15-x, x-12-12-12-15-15, 15-x-x-14-15-15.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Gsus2 has xxx233, 3002xx, xx0233, 300xxx, xxx035, 3000xx, x0003x, xx0035.

Open string. An open string left ringing against a fretted grip. Because it costs no finger, it sounds a note the closed shape has none left for -- a tension on top, or a pedal root underneath. Either a familiar grip with open strings added, or a shape so sparse the open strings carry the chord. These belong to their key rather than to a shape, so D, A, G and E have many and Eb a handful. Gsus2 has x0003x, 5500xx, xx0035, 5x003x.

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