Gsus2 8-string guitar chord

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8-string · Standard

G suspended second · Open position

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How to play Gsus2 on 8-string guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the low E string at the 3rd fret, your middle finger on the high B string at the 3rd fret and your ring finger on the high E string at the 3rd fret. Let the A, D and G strings ring open. Don’t play the F♯ and low B strings.

From the F♯ string x x 3 0 0 0 3 3 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Gsus2?

Gsus2, G suspended second, is G, A and D: the root (G), the major second (A) and the perfect fifth (D). Its formula is 1 2 5.

Is Gsus2 the same as Gadd9?

No, though the names point at the same extra note, A. Gsus2 leaves out the third, so it is neither major nor minor; Gadd9 keeps the third, B, and adds the ninth on top.

Where does Gsus2 go?

Often back to G or Gm, A moving up to the third. It also works on its own as an open, ringing chord.

Gsus2 on other instruments

Guitar7-string guitarBass5-string bass6-string bass7-string bass8-string bassUkuleleMandolinBanjo

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