Fsus2

F1G2C5

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

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

13301x

moderate

Fig. 3

xx3011

open

Fig. 4

xx3013

open

Fig. 5

1330xx

open

Fig. 6

x8aa88

moderate · barre

What is true of it

Fsus2 is F, G and C — 1, 2 and 5 counted from F.

These are also the notes of Csus4/F. 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 13301x: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

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

1 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are F, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Fsus2/G

3330xx

second inversion

Fsus2/C

x33011

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.

F in other shapes

Fsus4suspended fourth F7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourth Fmajor Fmminor Fdimdiminished

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