F#sus2 chord

F#sus2 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.

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Description and theory

F#sus2 is equivalent to G flat sus 2nd. F#sus2 can be seen as a F# major triad with the third (A#) replaced by the second (G#). It's usually played as a barre chord, whereas It's difficult to find natural fingerings for open chords.

F#sus2 chord diagram with fingerings
Fingerings
F#sus2 chord diagram with notes
Notes

Shown in the Fingerings diagram is a barre shape with the index finger laying over five strings – for the suspended 2nd chord, barre shapes with the root on the 6th strings is less suitable.
As shown in Notes diagram, three distinct notes are played with F# and C# doublings.
Notice that the diagram starts at the 9th fret rather than the 1st fret.
Short notation: X 9 11 11 9 9.

Chord structure

The chord consists of three notes. The notes represent the root, second and perfect fifth intervals.

Chord name

F#sus2 is an abbreviation for F sharp suspended second.

Notes

The notes that the F#sus2 chord consists of are F#, G# and C#.

Chord progressions

F# - F#sus2 - F#

Inversions

1st inversion: F#sus2/G# (means that G# is the bass note).
2nd inversion: F#sus2/C# (means that C# is the bass note).

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