Gsus4

G1C4D5

The third replaced by the fourth, which leans on the third it is standing in for.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

330033

moderate

Fig. 3

33003x

open

Fig. 4

330013

moderate

Fig. 5

3300xx

moderate · barre

Fig. 6

33001x

open

What is true of it

Gsus4 is G, C and D — 1, 4 and 5 counted from G.

These are also the notes of Csus2/G. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 330033: 4 fingers, held at the 3rd fret.

2 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are G, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Gsus4/C

x30033

second inversion

Gsus4/D

xx0013

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

G in other shapes

Gsus2suspended second G7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourth Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished

Csus4 C♯sus4 D♭sus4 Dsus4 D♯sus4 E♭sus4 Esus4 Fsus4 all 374