Csus2 ukulele chord

Open and unresolved. The third is replaced by a second, so the chord is neither major nor minor.

C suspended 2nd · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes

How to Play Csus2 on Ukulele

The easiest shape is 0233: G string open · C string 2nd fret · E string 3rd fret · A string 3rd fret.

Csus2 ukulele chord, Open position

Open position

0 2 3 3

Csus2 ukulele chord, Up the neck, fret 33

Up the neck, fret 3

5 0 3 5

Csus2 ukulele chord, Up the neck, fret 1010

Up the neck, fret 10

0 0 10 10

Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.

Notes in Csus2

C
root
D
2nd
G
5th

A ukulele has four strings, so a 3-note chord doubles one of its notes on the spare string. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.

Csus2 on Other Instruments

  • Guitar: see the Csus2 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
  • Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 0013. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.
  • Same notes: Csus2 contains exactly the notes of Gsus4, so one shape plays both.

Tune first

A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.

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