Suspended & power

C♯ suspended 4th chord

Hanging tension that usually resolves to a major or minor chord.

Spell as D♭sus4
Notes
C♯F♯G♯
Formula
145
Built from
root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th

How to play C♯sus4

About the C♯ suspended 4th chord

Playing it

There’s no open-string way to play C♯sus4 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 4th fret (x44674).

On piano, every note of C♯sus4 is a black key.

On ukulele the usual C♯sus4 shape is 1124, using four fingers.

Related chords

C♯sus4 contains exactly the same notes as F♯sus2. Which name fits depends on which note is in the bass and what key you’re in.

Move a single note and C♯sus4 becomes a different chord: lower F♯ to E♯ for C♯, swap F♯ for E for C♯m, swap F♯ for D♯ for C♯sus2 and add B for C♯7sus4.

C♯sus4 chord (C♯ suspended 4th) on guitar, ukulele and piano
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