Banjo Csus2 chord (Sawmill)C suspended 2nd on the 5-string banjo: 0 0 0 0, and 5 more shapes

Csus2 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 0 0 0 0, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Csus2 (C suspended 2nd) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 0 0 0 0, 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 0 0 0 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (G): open, G
  3. String 2 (C): open, C
  4. String 1 (D): open, D
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: D G C D  ·  Csus2 is C, D, G (1 · 2 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g is the 5th of Csus2, so let it ring.

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, 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 Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Csus2 shapes

  1. 314gDCDG0 5 2 5
    open
  2. 12gDCCG0 5 0 5
    open
  3. 7fr3114gCDGC10 7 7 10
    7fr
  4. 10fr1234gCGCD10 12 12 12
    10fr
  5. 12fr123gDGCD12 0 12 12
    12fr

Other C chords in Sawmill

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other suspended 2nd chords

Gsus2Asus2Dsus2Csus2Bsus2Esus2Fsus2B♭sus2

Csus2 in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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