F#sus4: guitar chord voicings, inversions, scales and arpeggios

F#sus4 (Sus4) is an interactive GuitarArcanum page with chord formula, intervals, voicings, inversions, triads, pentatonic patterns, scales and arpeggios on the fretboard.

Chord formula

Interval formula: 1 4 5. A triad with a 4th in place of the 3rd. Neither major nor minor — a tense, open sound that wants to fall to the 3rd.

Chord tones

The 4th replaces the 3rd, so there's no quality. The 4th creates a suspension — a mild tension that pulls down to the 3rd.

Sound character

Open, slightly tense and neutral — the classic suspension sound in rock and pop rhythm playing.

Harmonic function

A suspension. It usually releases to a plain triad; less often it stands as a color of its own.

Typical progressions

G#sus4 – G#
C# – C#sus4 – C#
F#sus4 – F#

Guitar voicing advice

Open Dsus4 = xx0233, Asus4 = x02230 and barre forms. The 4th sits where the 3rd would be.

Fretboard voicings for F#sus4

A few curated F#sus4 shapes with fret numbers, intervals and root markers.

F#sus4 — E shape, frets 1–5

F#sus4 — D shape, frets 3–8

F#sus4 — C shape, frets 5–10

F#sus4 — A shape, frets 8–13

F#sus4 — G shape, frets 10–15

Compatible scales for F#sus4

Open interactive scale pages that naturally pair with this chord.

Other chord qualities on the F# root

Compare this chord with other qualities sharing the same root.