Fsus4

F1B♭4C5

The third replaced by the fourth, which leans on the third it is standing in for.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

113311

moderate · barre

Fig. 3

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hard · barre

Fig. 4

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moderate · barre

Fig. 5

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hard

Fig. 6

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hard

What is true of it

Fsus4 is F, B♭ and C — 1, 4 and 5 counted from F.

These are also the notes of B♭sus2/F and A♯sus2/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 113311: 3 fingers, one of them barring the 1st fret, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

3 of the 5 need a barre.

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

Fsus4/B♭

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second inversion

Fsus4/C

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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

Fsus2suspended second F7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourth Fmajor Fmminor Fdimdiminished

Csus4 C♯sus4 D♭sus4 Dsus4 D♯sus4 E♭sus4 Esus4 F♯sus4 all 374