Banjo Fsus2 chord (Open D)F suspended 2nd on the 5-string banjo: 3 1 3 3, and 4 more shapes

Fsus2 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 3 1 3 3, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Fsus2 (F suspended 2nd) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 3 1 3 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: 3 1 3 3 (first position)

  1. String 4 (D): 3rd fret, middle finger, F
  2. String 3 (F♯): 1st fret, index finger, G
  3. String 2 (A): 3rd fret, ring finger, C
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, little finger, F
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

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

The 5th string: the short f♯ rubs against the F and G in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

With a capo: on the 3rd fret it’s 0 3 0 2 (frets counted from the capo), an open Dsus2 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 8th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Fsus2 shapes

  1. 3fr1413f♯FCCG3 6 3 5
    3fr
  2. 5fr1241f♯GCFG5 6 8 5
    5fr
  3. 10fr1211f♯CFGC10 11 10 10
    10fr
  4. 13fr2134f♯FGCF15 13 15 15
    13fr

Other F chords in Open D

FFmF7Fm7Fmaj7F6Fsus4Fsus2FdimFaug

Other suspended 2nd chords

Gsus2Asus2Dsus2Csus2Bsus2Esus2Fsus2B♭sus2

Fsus2 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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