Gsus4 — bouzouki chord
Suspended 4th · 6 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Gsus4 (G sus4) is built from G C D: intervals 1 4 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 5-3-0 (G C D)
- Root position: 5-5-10 (G D C)
- 1st inversion: 10-10-12 (C G D)
- 1st inversion: 10-5-5 (C D G)
- 2nd inversion: 12-10-10 (D G C)
- 2nd inversion: 0-3-5 (D C G)
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 Gsus4 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, 5-3-0 on trichordo, becomes C 7, A 3, D 0 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.