Irish bouzouki Csus2 chord (GDAE)C suspended 2nd: 0 0 3 3, and 5 more shapes

Csus2 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 0 0 3 3, open position
Csus2 (C suspended 2nd) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 0 0 3 3, low course to high (Csus2/G). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 0 0 3 3 (open position) · Csus2/G

  1. G course: open, G
  2. D course: open, D
  3. A course: 3rd fret, index finger (barre), C
  4. E course: 3rd fret, index finger (barre), G

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

Open courses that ring: G and D are notes of Csus2, so they can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Csus2 shapes

  1. 11DCGx 0 3 3
    open · Csus2/D
  2. 231CDDG5 0 5 3
    open
  3. 5fr111CGD5 5 5 x
    5fr
  4. 8fr31GDGC0 0 10 8
    8fr · Csus2/G
  5. 10fr111GCGD0 10 10 10
    10fr · Csus2/G

Other C chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other suspended 2nd chords

Dsus2Gsus2Asus2Esus2Bsus2Csus2Fsus2F♯sus2

Csus2 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app