Suspended & power
C♯ suspended 2nd chord
Open and airy; the 2nd replaces the 3rd, so it is neither major nor minor.
- Notes
- C♯D♯G♯
- Formula
- 125
- Built from
- root · major 2nd · perfect 5th
How to play C♯sus2
About the C♯ suspended 2nd chord
Playing it
There’s no open-string way to play C♯sus2 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 4th fret (x46644).
On piano, every note of C♯sus2 is a black key.
On ukulele the usual C♯sus2 shape is 1344, using four fingers.
