Fsus4 ukulele chord

Tense and expectant. The fourth replaces the third and strains to fall back to it — the classic delayed resolution.

F suspended 4th · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes

How to Play Fsus4 on Ukulele

The easiest shape is 3011: G string 3rd fret · C string open · E string 1st fret · A string 1st fret.

Fsus4 ukulele chord, Open position

Open position

3 0 1 1

Fsus4 ukulele chord, Barre at fret 33

Barre at fret 3

3 5 6 3

Fsus4 ukulele chord, Barre at fret 88

Barre at fret 8

10 10 8 8

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 Fsus4

F
root
B♭
4th
C
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.

Fsus4 on Other Instruments

  • Guitar: see the Fsus4 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
  • Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 3311. 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: Fsus4 contains exactly the notes of B♭sus2, 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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