C♯sus2

C# Suspended 2nd chord

Notes

C#D#G#

Intervals

195

Root

Voicings on standard tuning

Voicing 1

4fr

Voicing 2

Voicing 3

Voicing 4

6fr

Voicing 5

6fr

Voicing 6

8fr

Interval formula

1 – 2 – 5

Sound character

open and airy — the third is replaced by the second

Where it appears

Used as a decoration of the major or minor chord — strum it and resolve to the plain triad.

I–V–vi–IV

With C#sus2 as the tonic, this is the classic four-chord pop loop.

ii–V–I

C#sus2 is the resting point everything resolves to.

I–IV–V

The three-chord backbone of folk, country and early rock and roll.