Mandolin Csus4 chordC suspended 4th: 0 3 3 3, and 5 more shapes

Csus4 chord chart for mandolin in GDAE tuning: 0 3 3 3, open position
Csus4 (C suspended 4th) on the mandolin, GDAE: 0 3 3 3, low course to high (Csus4/G). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 0 3 3 3 (open position) · Csus4/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  ·  Csus4 is C, F, G (1 · 4 · 5)

Open courses that ring: G is a note of Csus4, so it can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high.

Hear it in the app ›

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

More Csus4 shapes

  1. 331GFCF0 3 3 1
    open · Csus4/G
  2. 3fr3111CFCG5 3 3 3
    3fr
  3. 5fr1134CGFC5 5 8 8
    5fr
  4. 8fr311GCFC0 10 8 8
    8fr · Csus4/G
  5. 10fr111FCG10 10 10 x
    10fr · Csus4/F

Other C chords, Mandolin GDAE

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other suspended 4th chords

Dsus4Gsus4Asus4Esus4Bsus4Csus4Fsus4F♯sus4

Csus4 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADAD

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