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C Sus2 Chord on Mandolin

Play C Sus2 on Mandolin: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

C Sus2 chord diagram, starting at fret 5. Strings low to high: G 5th fret, D 5th fret, A 5th fret, E 8th fret.

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 Mandolin with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

There is no open-string version on Mandolin: the lowest shape barres fret 5 and covers 4 frets. C falls on the G string. It sounds from C4 up to C6.

Mandolin is strung in four courses of two, each pair tuned in unison, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.

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.