Gsus2

G1A2D5

The third replaced by the second. Nothing in it decides between major and minor.

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

0230

open

Fig. 3

0250

easy

Fig. 4

0255

easy

Fig. 5

025x

easy

Fig. 6

x755

easy

What is true of it

Gsus2 is G, A and D — 1, 2 and 5 counted from G.

These are also the notes of Dsus4/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 0230: 2 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

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

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

Gsus2/A

2230

second inversion

Gsus2/D

x230

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

Gsus4suspended fourth G7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourth Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished

Csus2 C♯sus2 D♭sus2 Dsus2 D♯sus2 E♭sus2 Esus2 Fsus2 all 374