Banjo Csus4 chord (Open G)C suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 3 0 1 3, and 5 more shapes

Csus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open G tuning: 3 0 1 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Csus4 (C suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, Open G: 3 0 1 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 0 1 3 (open position)

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

Sounds: F 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.

Open G tuning: gDGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The app starts in open G, so it opens on these shapes.

More Csus4 shapes

  1. 3fr1243gFCFG3 5 6 5
    3fr
  2. 5fr1121gGCFG5 5 6 5
    5fr
  3. 8fr2314gCFGC10 10 8 10
    8fr
  4. 10fr1141gCFCC10 10 13 10
    10fr · 5th string completes it
  5. 12fr3124gFGCF15 12 13 15
    12fr

Other C chords in Open G

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Csus4 in other tunings

Double CSawmillOpen DC Tuning

All Open G banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app