Gsus4 chord on guitar
G sus4
Gsus4 is a sus4 chord with three notes: G, C and D. Learn it first as an open shape: two open strings and four 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
- Index on the B string, fret 1
- Middle on the low E string, fret 3
- Ring on the A 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
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- All six
- Open strings
- Twothe D and G strings
- Lowest note
- G2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 3 3 0 0 1 3low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Gsus4
- Groot
- Cperfect fourth
- Dperfect fifth
A sus4 chord swaps the third for a perfect fourth, so it is neither major nor minor. C is the perfect fourth, five frets above the root. D is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: G4root
- B string: C4perfect fourth
- G string: G3root
- D string: D3perfect fifth
- A string: C3perfect fourth
- low E string: G2root
Every note of Gsus4 is in this shape, some of them twice.
Other ways to play it
- Barre at fret 33 5 5 5 3 3Root on the low E string.
- Barre at fret 10x 10 12 12 13 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 Gsus4 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.