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C Suspended 4th (Csus4)

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1+4+5
C1F3G5
4 4

Notes in C Suspended 4th

C (root)FG

Inversions

Same notes as C Suspended 4th, with a different chord tone as the lowest note. Useful for smoother movement between chords instead of jumping around the keyboard.

Root position

C in the bass

C1F3G5

1st inversion

F in the bass (Csus4/F)

F1G2C5

2nd inversion

G in the bass (Csus4/G)

G1C3F5

C Suspended 4th is built from C, F and G.

The other suspension raises the missing third up to a perfect fourth, which sits a half step above where the third would normally be. That closeness creates real tension, and it's why a sus4 chord so often falls straight back down into the plain major or minor triad on the same root a beat later.

Related chords

CCsus2C7sus4

Difficulty: Beginner. Category: Triads. Click any highlighted key on the diagram above, or tab to it and press Enter, to hear that single note. Inversions mark the bass note with a contrasting outline.