CHORD REFERENCE

Fsus2

F – G – C1 2 5

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
F1G2C5

Fsus2 is F, G, C — the 1, 2 and 5 above the root F.

Piano
FGC
Guitar

Ways to play it

A-shape barre — 8th fret
8fr×

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eFGCBCFGGGCFGDFGCACFGEFGC

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
GCEA5fr
357912ACFGEFGCCCFGCGGCFG

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

Fsus2 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

FMajorFmMinorF5Power Chord (5)FdimDiminishedFaugAugmentedFsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

F6Major 6thFm6Minor 6thF7Dominant 7thFmaj7Major 7thFm7Minor 7thFm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thFdim7Diminished 7thFm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)F7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

F7♭57♭5F7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)F7♭97♭9F7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Fadd9Added 9thF6/96/9F9Dominant 9thFmaj9Major 9thFm9Minor 9thF11Dominant 11thF13Dominant 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.