Banjo Fsus4 chord (Open D)F suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 3 4 3 3, and 3 more shapes

Fsus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 3 4 3 3, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Fsus4 (F suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 3 4 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 4 3 3 (first position)

  1. String 4 (D): 3rd fret, index finger (barre), F
  2. String 3 (F♯): 4th fret, middle finger, B♭
  3. String 2 (A): 3rd fret, index finger (barre), C
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, index finger (barre), F
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

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

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

With a capo: on the 3rd fret it’s 0 1 0 0 (frets counted from the capo), an open Dsus4 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 Fsus4 shapes

  1. 6fr2134f♯B♭CFB♭8 6 8 8
    6fr
  2. 8fr1413f♯B♭FFC8 11 8 10
    8fr
  3. 10fr1241f♯CFB♭C10 11 13 10
    10fr

Other F chords in Open D

FFmF7Fm7Fmaj7F6Fsus4Fsus2FdimFaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Fsus4 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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