Banjo Fsus4 chord (Double C)F suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 0 3, and 6 more shapes

Fsus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 0 3 0 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Fsus4 (F suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 0 3 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 3 0 3 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, index finger, B♭
  3. String 2 (C): open, C
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, middle finger, F
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: C B♭ C F  ·  Fsus4 is F, B♭, C (1 · 4 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g adds the 9th over Fsus4, a colour rather than a clash.

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 Fsus4 shapes

  1. 312gFB♭CF5 3 0 3
    open
  2. 5fr1114gFCFB♭5 5 5 8
    5fr
  3. 8fr341gCFB♭B♭0 10 10 8
    8fr
  4. 10fr123gB♭FCC10 10 0 10
    10fr
  5. 12fr314gCB♭CF0 15 12 15
    12fr
  6. 15fr12gCB♭CF0 15 0 15
    15fr

Other F chords in Double C

FFmF7Fm7Fmaj7F6Fsus4Fsus2FdimFaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Fsus4 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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