Banjo Gsus2 chord (Sawmill)G suspended 2nd on the 5-string banjo: 0 2 2 0, and 6 more shapes

Gsus2 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 0 2 2 0, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Gsus2 (G suspended 2nd) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 0 2 2 0, string 4 to string 1 (5th string completes it). 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 2 2 0 (open position) · 5th string completes it

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (G): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
  3. String 2 (C): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), D
  4. String 1 (D): open, D
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: D A D D  ·  Gsus2 is G, A, D (1 · 2 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g is the root of Gsus2, 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 Gsus2 shapes

  1. 2fr3114gGADG5 2 2 5
    2fr
  2. 5fr1234gGDGA5 7 7 7
    5fr
  3. 7fr1111gADGA7 7 7 7
    7fr
  4. 9fr1gDGAD0 0 9 0
    9fr
  5. 12fr341gDADD0 14 14 12
    12fr · 5th string completes it
  6. 14fr11gDADD0 14 14 0
    14fr · 5th string completes it

Other G chords in Sawmill

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other suspended 2nd chords

Gsus2Asus2Dsus2Csus2Bsus2Esus2Fsus2B♭sus2

Gsus2 in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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