Fsus2

F Suspended 2nd chord

Notes

FGC

Intervals

195

Root

F

Voicings on standard tuning

Voicing 1
Voicing 2
Voicing 3
Voicing 4
Voicing 5
Voicing 6

About Fsus2

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.

Common progressions using Fsus2

I–V–vi–IV

Fsus2→C→Dm→A#

With Fsus2 as the tonic, this is the classic four-chord pop loop.

ii–V–I

Fsus2 is the resting point everything resolves to.

I–IV–V

Fsus2→A#→C

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

Other F chords

Same quality, other roots