Banjo Gsus4 chord (C Tuning)G suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 0 0 1 0, and 6 more shapes

Gsus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 0 0 1 0, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Gsus4 (G suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 0 0 1 0, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 0 0 1 0 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): open, G
  3. String 2 (B): 1st fret, index finger, C
  4. String 1 (D): open, D
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: C G C D  ·  Gsus4 is G, C, D (1 · 4 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g is the root of Gsus4, so let it ring.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Gsus4 shapes

  1. 1gCGDD0 0 3 0
    open
  2. 21gDGCD2 0 1 0
    open
  3. 2fr1324gDCDG2 5 3 5
    2fr
  4. 314gCCDG0 5 3 5
    open
  5. 5fr314gGCGD7 5 8 0
    5fr
  6. 7fr12gCDGD0 7 8 0
    7fr

Other G chords in C Tuning

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Gsus4 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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