Suspended and power guitar chords

root and fifth, with a second or fourth where the third would be — or nothing at all

The third is the note that decides major or minor, and everything here does without it. A sus chord puts a second or a fourth in its place and sits unresolved until that note falls back; a power chord leaves the space empty, which is why it survives distortion where a real third turns to mud. Either way the chord is neither major nor minor, and that ambiguity is the whole point.

59 chords here, 5 symbols across 12 roots.

Suspended second

On all 12 roots.

Csus2 C♯sus2 Dsus2 Ebsus2 Esus2 Fsus2 F♯sus2 Gsus2 Absus2 Asus2 Bbsus2 Bsus2

Suspended fourth

On all 12 roots.

Csus4 C♯sus4 Dsus4 Ebsus4 Esus4 Fsus4 F♯sus4 Gsus4 Absus4 Asus4 Bbsus4 Bsus4

Suspended second and fourth

On 11 roots — the bass this symbol names is only reachable from these.

Csus2sus4 C♯sus2sus4 Dsus2sus4 Ebsus2sus4 Esus2sus4 Fsus2sus4 F♯sus2sus4 Gsus2sus4 Asus2sus4 Bbsus2sus4 Bsus2sus4

Power chord

On all 12 roots.

C5 C♯5 D5 Eb5 E5 F5 F♯5 G5 Ab5 A5 Bb5 B5

Dominant seventh suspended fourth

On all 12 roots.

C7sus4 C♯7sus4 D7sus4 Eb7sus4 E7sus4 F7sus4 F♯7sus4 G7sus4 Ab7sus4 A7sus4 Bb7sus4 B7sus4

The other families

Major chords Minor chords Dominant seventh chords Altered dominant chords Diminished and half-diminished chords Augmented chords Slash chords

Every chord on the site, grouped by root instead, is on the full index. Where the shapes and the theory come from is on the about page.

Midi Settings

Volume

7.5

Play Style

One pass of the pick from the lowest string up, everything left ringing.

Instrument

Note length (ms)

350

Picking speed (ms)

150

Style

Shows each chord the way this style would voice it, and marks which of its alternatives belong to the idiom.

Layout

Left Handed Mode