Csus2 — bouzouki chord

Suspended 2nd · 6 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)

Notes and intervals

Csus2 (C sus2) is built from C D G: intervals 1 2 5.

Fingerings on D-A-D

Frets, low D · A · high D

  1. Root position: 10-10-12 (C G D)
  2. Root position: 10-5-5 (C D G)
  3. 1st inversion: 12-10-10 (D G C)
  4. 1st inversion: 0-3-5 (D C G)
  5. 2nd inversion: 5-3-0 (G C D)
  6. 2nd inversion: 5-5-10 (G D C)

The open courses D are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.

In the dromoi

None of the dromoi on this site lists Csus2 among its chords, so it is shown here as a shape reference.

Trichordo (D-A-D) and tetrachordo (C-F-A-D)

These shapes are for the three-course trichordo. A tetrachordo’s A and D courses are tuned the same, so the top two notes stay put and the low-D bass note moves two frets up the C course. The first shape, 10-10-12 on trichordo, becomes C 12, A 10, D 12 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.

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