C♯sus4 guitar chord

The shape

Tap the diagram to hear C♯sus4 strummed. C♯sus4 is played as a barre chord around fret 4: lay a finger across the strings at that fret and build the shape on top. Movable, so the same grip works up and down the neck.

The notes in C♯sus4

A suspended fourth chord is spelled from its root up: C♯ (R), F♯ (4), G♯ (5). Those are the only notes in C♯sus4 — play them in any order, in any octave, and it's still C♯sus4.

What a suspended fourth chord is

In plain terms, a sus4 replaces the third with the fourth (root, 4th, 5th) — the fourth leans on the ear and wants to fall back to the third.

How it's used: The classic suspension: play the sus4, then resolve to the plain chord and you get that satisfying 'sit down' release. The Vsus4→V is a staple.

The sound: Tense-then-sweet; suspended, waiting to resolve. Where you'll hear it: Rock and pop intros and turnarounds, gospel, and big ringing suspended-chord intros.

Hear C♯sus4 in a progression

The suspension and its release: the sus4 leans, then resolves to the plain chord. Press play, and drag the Key control to move it anywhere.

Other C♯ chords

suspended fourth chords on other roots

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