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Csus2 chord on piano

C suspended 2nd: C · D · G. It sounds open and airy: neither major nor minor, because the 3rd is gone.

NotesC D G Built fromroot + major 2nd + perfect 5th
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On the keyboard

CDGCDG

Fingering

Right hand, root position: C — finger 1 · D — finger 3 · G — finger 5. (1 = thumb, 5 = little finger.)

Inversions

The same notes in a different order. Inversions are how players move between chords without jumping:

Songs that use Csus2

ChopinWaltz Op. 64 No. 2 C# minor · Advanced ChopinNocturne in C minor (Posth.) C minor · Intermediate BrahmsHungarian Dance No. 1 G minor · Intermediate DebussyRêverie F major · Intermediate J.S. BachInvention No 4 in D minor BWV 775 D minor · Beginner J.S. BachFugue in C-Major (from Toccata Adagio and Fugue C major · Advanced

C chords of every quality

CCmC7Cmaj7Cm7C6Cm6CdimCdim7CaugCsus2Csus4Cadd9C9

Every suspended 2nd chord

Csus2D♭sus2Dsus2E♭sus2Esus2Fsus2F♯sus2Gsus2A♭sus2Asus2B♭sus2Bsus2

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