Irish bouzouki Fsus4 chord (GDAE)F suspended 4th: 3 3 3 1, and 3 more shapes

Fsus4 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 3 3 3 1, open position
Fsus4 (F suspended 4th) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 3 3 3 1, low course to high (Fsus4/Bb). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 3 3 3 1 (open position) · Fsus4/Bb

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

Sounds: B♭ F C F  ·  Fsus4 is F, B♭, C (1 · 4 · 5)

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 Fsus4 shapes

  1. 3fr1114B♭FCB♭3 3 3 6
    3fr · Fsus4/Bb
  2. 5fr1442CB♭FB♭5 8 8 6
    5fr · Fsus4/C
  3. 8fr3111FB♭FC10 8 8 8
    8fr

Other F chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

FFmF7Fm7F5Fsus2Fsus4Fmaj7Fadd9

Other suspended 4th chords

Dsus4Gsus4Asus4Esus4Bsus4Csus4Fsus4F♯sus4

Fsus4 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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