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Csus Guitar Chord

Shorthand for sus4. A tense sound with a natural pull to resolve to the major chord.

Guitar

Strings X–3–3–0–1–1

How to play the Csus chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–3–3–0–1–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · pinky
3rd string (G) Open
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the Csus chord

Other names: C suspended, Csus4

Music theory name: suspended chord

Common name: C sus chord

Notes and intervals in the Csus chord

Note Interval
C Root
F Perfect 4th
G Perfect 5th

All variations

Open
X–3–3–0–1–1
Open
X–3–3–0–1–3
Fret 3
X–3–3–5–6–3
Fret 3
X–3–5–5–6–3

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys