F#sus2 Ukulele Chord

F#sus2 is the F sharp suspended second chord on ukulele. It has three notes: F♯, G♯ and C♯. The standard shape is a small two string barre at the 1st fret with two more fingers at the 2nd and 4th, and it frets every string, so the grip slides.

A small index barre on the G and C strings at the 1st fret, middle at the 2nd of the E, pinky at the 4th of the A. Fully fretted and movable.

How to play F#sus2 on ukulele, step by step

Index finger: press flat across the G to C strings at fret 1
Middle finger: 2nd fret, E string
Pinky finger: 4th fret, A string
Strum all four strings.

Fully fretted shapes are movable: slide this one up two frets and the same finger pattern is Absus2. One grip, every root along the neck.

More ways to play F#sus2

There are 3 common F#sus2 shapes: the standard one at the top of the page, plus these further up the neck. You only ever need one. Tap any card to hear it.

F#sus2 ukulele chord diagram, barre at fret 4, played 6644 — Barre at fret 4

F#sus2 ukulele chord diagram, frets 6 to 9, played 6899 — Frets 6 to 9

If the shape is not clean

The barre pair is weak: The index covers the G and C strings at the 1st fret, the stiffest spot on the neck. Keep it right behind the fret wire and roll it slightly onto its edge.
The pinky reach collapses: It takes the 4th fret of the A string while the index holds the 1st. Point the neck up slightly and drop the thumb low on the back of the neck to open the hand.
One string is always quiet: Four fretted strings, three fingers, one of them flat across two: pick each string in turn and fix the silent one before strumming.

What makes it an F#sus2

F♯ · G♯ · C♯ 1 2 5

F#sus2 replaces the third of the F sharp chord, A♯, with G♯. That leaves a root, a whole step and a fifth: no major or minor identity, just a hang that resolves when the G♯ moves back up.

The same three notes read from C♯ spell C#sus4, the sus4 twin every sus2 has a fifth up. F♯ chords live in the keys of B, E and F♯, so on ukulele this chord mostly arrives with songs kept at guitar pitch. In flat spelling it is Gbsus2.

F#sus2 vs F#sus4

F#sus2 hangs G♯ a whole step below the missing third; F#sus4 hangs B a half step above it. Same root and fifth, opposite direction of approach.

The sus4 makes a tense lead-in that wants F♯ back immediately; the sus2 is the open, patient version. Choose by how quickly the song needs the resolution to land.

F#sus2 chord questions

Is Gbsus2 the same as F#sus2?

Yes, one chord with two names. F♯ is the spelling used here because that is how the root is written in the keys this chord lives in.

Is F#sus2 major or minor?

Neither. The A♯ that would decide it has been swapped for G♯, so the chord floats until a third returns.

Is F#sus2 hard to play?

Middling: a two string barre plus a two fret spread to the pinky. The barre shape at the 4th fret further down the page suits some hands better.

What is the difference between F#sus2 and F#sus4?

F#sus2 suspends G♯, a whole step over the root; F#sus4 suspends B, a fourth over it. The sus4 is the tense one, the sus2 the airy one.

What does F#sus2 resolve to?

F♯ major when the G♯ climbs to A♯, or F sharp minor when it falls to A. The chord itself does not choose.