C# Sus2 Chord on Cavaquinho
Play C# Sus2 on Cavaquinho: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The C# Sus2 chord is a suspended chord that swaps the third for a second or fourth, leaving the harmony open and unresolved. It is built from the notes C#, D#, G#. This page shows how to play C# Sus2 on Cavaquinho with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on Cavaquinho: the lowest shape barres fret 1 and covers 2 frets. C# falls on the B string. It sounds from D#4 up to D#5. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 8.
Cavaquinho is tuned D–G–B–D, with 15 frets to work with. Voicings are computed for this tuning by the shared voicing generator, not borrowed from another instrument; traditional technique may still use idiomatic shapes not charted here.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on C# or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.