Standard
C thirteenth suspended fourth · Frets 3–5
C13sus4 guitar chord
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How to play C13sus4 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the four strings from the A to the B at the 3rd fret and your ring finger on the high E string at the 5th fret. Don’t play the low E string.
From the low E string x 3 3 3 3 5 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier C13sus4
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your little finger on the low E string at the 3rd fret, your index finger on the A string at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the G string at the 2nd fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 1st fret and your middle finger on the high E string at the 1st fret. Let the D string ring open.
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C13sus4, the easier shape
StandardOpen position · 5th in bass · 6 strings
What notes are in C13sus4?
C13sus4, C thirteenth suspended fourth, is C, F, G, B♭, D and A: the root (C), the perfect fourth (F), the perfect fifth (G), the minor seventh (B♭), the ninth (D) and the thirteenth (A). Its formula is 1 4 5 ♭7 9 13.
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Thirteenth suspended fourth chords in every key
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C13sus4 on other instruments
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