Banjo Csus4 chord (Double C)C suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 0 0 0 3, and 6 more shapes

Csus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 0 0 0 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Csus4 (C suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 0 0 0 3, 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 0 3 (open position)

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

Sounds: C G C F  ·  Csus4 is C, F, G (1 · 4 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g is the 5th of Csus4, so let it ring.

Double C tuning: gCGCD, 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 Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Csus4 shapes

  1. 31gCGFF0 0 5 3
    open
  2. 3fr2341gFCFF5 5 5 3
    3fr · 5th string completes it
  3. 111gCCFG0 5 5 5
    open
  4. 7fr314gCFGC0 10 7 10
    7fr
  5. 10fr12gCFCC0 10 0 10
    10fr · 5th string completes it
  6. 12fr124gCGCF12 0 12 15
    12fr

Other C chords in Double C

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Csus4 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

All Double C banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app