Gsus2 chord on guitar
G sus2
Gsus2 is a sus2 chord with three notes: G, A and D. Learn it first as an open shape: three open strings and three fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and two more ways to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Middle on the low E string, fret 3
- Ring on the B string, fret 3
- Pinky on the high e string, fret 3
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Nothing to skip: strum all six strings.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Threemiddle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- All six
- Open strings
- Threethe A, D and G strings
- Lowest note
- G2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 3 0 0 0 3 3low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Gsus2
- Groot
- Amajor second
- Dperfect fifth
A sus2 chord swaps the third for a major second, so it is neither major nor minor. A is the major second, two frets above the root. D is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: G4root
- B string: D4perfect fifth
- G string: G3root
- D string: D3perfect fifth
- A string: A2major second
- low E string: G2root
Every note of Gsus2 is in this shape, some of them twice.
Other ways to play it
- Barre at fret 5x x 5 7 8 5Root on the D string.
- Barre at fret 10x 10 12 12 10 10Root on the A string.
Related chords
All 111 chords in the chartStrum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play Gsus2 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.