Csus4 chord on Cavaquinho – Alternative (GGBD)

in Alternative (GGBD) tuning

○○12GGCF
Csus4
Suspended 4
Notes:C · F · G
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
CCCFG
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
0 0 1 3– – 1 2G G C Fmedium
5 5 6 51 1 2 1C C F Geasy · barre on fret 5
0 10 6 10– 2 1 3G F F Chard
10 10 8 102 3 1 4F F G Cmedium
0 10 x 10– 1 – 2G F x Ceasy
x 0 1 3– – 1 2x G C Fmedium
x 5 6 5– 1 2 1x C F Geasy · barre on fret 5
10 0 6 102 – 1 3F G F Chard
0 10 8 10– 2 1 3G F G Cmedium
10 0 x 101 – – 2F G x Ceasy
0 5 1 3– 3 1 2G C C Fhard
5 x 6 51 – 3 2C x F Geasy
0 0 6 10– – 1 2G G F Chard
10 0 8 102 – 1 3F G G Cmedium
10 12 x 101 3 – 2F G x Chard
5 0 1 33 – 1 2C G C Fhard

The Csus4 chord (Suspended 4) is built from the notes C, F, G. Below are playable fingerings for Cavaquinho – Alternative (GGBD) generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the Csus4 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 4 · 5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10C
45F
57G

More C chords

Other roots

See Csus4 in another tuning

What notes make up the Csus4 chord?

Csus4 is a Suspended 4 chord built from the notes C, F, G.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.