Banjo Fsus2 chord (Double C)F suspended 2nd on the 5-string banjo: 5 5 5 5, and 6 more shapes

Fsus2 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 5 5 5 5, from the 5th fret, with the short 5th string marked
Fsus2 (F suspended 2nd) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 5 5 5 5, 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: 5 5 5 5 (from the 5th fret)

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

Sounds: F C F G  ·  Fsus2 is F, G, C (1 · 2 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g is the 9th of Fsus2, so let it ring.

With a capo: on the 5th fret it’s 0 0 0 0 (frets counted from the capo), an open Csus2 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 10th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

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 Fsus2 shapes

  1. 1gCGCF0 0 0 3
    open
  2. 31gFGCF5 0 0 3
    open
  3. 123gFCCG5 5 0 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 F chords in Double C

FFmF7Fm7Fmaj7F6Fsus4Fsus2FdimFaug

Other suspended 2nd chords

Gsus2Asus2Dsus2Csus2Bsus2Esus2Fsus2B♭sus2

Fsus2 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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