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Fig. 1 · Csus4 on the keyboard

piano chord

Csus4

C1F4G5

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

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

Csus4 is C, F and G — 1, 4 and 5 counted from C.

These are also the notes of Fsus2/C. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

C in other shapes

Csus2suspended secondC7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourthCmajorCmminorCdimdiminished

C♯sus4D♭sus4Dsus4D♯sus4E♭sus4Esus4Fsus4F♯sus4all 374