CHORD REFERENCE

F♯sus2

F♯ – G♯ – C♯1 2 5

Also written G♭sus2 — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The F♯ Suspended 2nd chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
F♯1G♯2C♯5

F♯sus2 is F#, G#, C# — the 1, 2 and 5 above the root F♯.

Piano
F♯G♯C♯
Guitar

Ways to play it

A-shape barre — 9th fret
9fr×

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♯G♯C♯BC♯F♯G♯GG♯C♯F♯DF♯G♯C♯AC♯F♯G♯EF♯G♯C♯

Root notes are red. The shapes above are movable — an E-shape has its root on the low E string, an A-shape on the A string. any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

Movable shape
GCEA6fr
357912AC♯F♯G♯EF♯G♯C♯CC♯F♯G♯GG♯C♯F♯

The shape above is movable up the neck. Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only F#, G#, C# plays the chord.

In which keys

F♯sus2 is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other F♯ chords

Triads

F♯MajorF♯mMinorF♯5Power Chord (5)F♯dimDiminishedF♯augAugmentedF♯sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

F♯6Major 6thF♯m6Minor 6thF♯7Dominant 7thF♯maj7Major 7thF♯m7Minor 7thF♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thF♯dim7Diminished 7thF♯m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)F♯7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

F♯7♭57♭5F♯7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)F♯7♭97♭9F♯7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

F♯add9Added 9thF♯6/96/9F♯9Dominant 9thF♯maj9Major 9thF♯m9Minor 9thF♯11Dominant 11thF♯13Dominant 13th
Suspended 2nd on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

Work out the chords of a whole key with the Scale & Chord Finder, name a chord from its notes with the Chord Identifier, or browse every chord tool. The theory behind how chords are built is in the free Cloud Atelier music guides.