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C suspended 2nd guitar shapes
Popular fretboard positions with fingering suggestions
Showing 8 of 112 playable shapes
About the chord
C suspended 2nd guitar chord
The C suspended 2nd suspended 2nd chord swaps the third for a major second D, giving it an airy, open feel. This ambiguity creates an ethereal quality, often used to add movement and intrigue without strong resolution.
Root note: C
Quality: suspended 2nd
Chord tones: 3
Playable shapes: 112
Chord tones
CDG
Notes & Intervals
Each note below shows how the chord is built from its root. This is the theory layer underneath the fretboard shapes.
C Unison (Root) 1
The root anchors the chord and defines its tonal center.
D Major Second 2
The second creates an open suspended feel without fully committing to major or minor.
G Perfect Fifth 5
The fifth reinforces stability and gives the chord its strong harmonic frame.
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