Irish bouzouki Gsus4 chord (GDAE)G suspended 4th: 0 0 3 3, and 5 more shapes

Gsus4 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 0 0 3 3, open position
Gsus4 (G suspended 4th) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 0 0 3 3, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 0 0 3 3 (open position)

  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  ·  Gsus4 is G, C, D (1 · 4 · 5)

Open courses that ring: G and D are notes of Gsus4, 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 Gsus4 shapes

  1. 11DCGx 0 3 3
    open · Gsus4/D
  2. 231CDDG5 0 5 3
    open · Gsus4/C
  3. 5fr14GDDC0 0 5 8
    5fr
  4. 8fr31GDGC0 0 10 8
    8fr
  5. 10fr111GCGD0 10 10 10
    10fr

Other G chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

GGmG7Gm7G5Gsus2Gsus4Gmaj7Gadd9

Other suspended 4th chords

Dsus4Gsus4Asus4Esus4Bsus4Csus4Fsus4F♯sus4

Gsus4 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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