Irish bouzouki Fsus2 chord (GDAE)F suspended 2nd: 0 3 3 3, and 4 more shapes

Fsus2 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 0 3 3 3, open position
Fsus2 (F suspended 2nd) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 0 3 3 3, low course to high (Fsus2/G). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 0 3 3 3 (open position) · Fsus2/G

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

Sounds: G F C G  ·  Fsus2 is F, G, C (1 · 2 · 5)

Open courses that ring: G is a note of Fsus2, so it 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 Fsus2 shapes

  1. 331GFCF0 3 3 1
    open · Fsus2/G
  2. 111FCGx 3 3 3
    open
  3. 5fr144GGFC0 5 8 8
    5fr · Fsus2/G
  4. 8fr3331FCGC10 10 10 8
    8fr

Other F chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

FFmF7Fm7F5Fsus2Fsus4Fmaj7Fadd9

Other suspended 2nd chords

Dsus2Gsus2Asus2Esus2Bsus2Csus2Fsus2F♯sus2

Fsus2 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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