Csus2 chord on ukulele

Csus2 is C, D and G. The easiest shape is 0-2-3-3. Hit Play and watch each string light as it sounds.

0-2-3-3 · open · easy

Notes: C · D · G
Formula: 1 · 2 · 5
First shape: 0-2-3-3

How to play Csus2 on ukulele

Shape 1, 0-2-3-3, reading from the G string on the left:

Put your index finger on the C string at the 2nd fret, which is D.
Put your middle finger on the E string at the 3rd fret, which is G.
Put your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret, which is C.
The open G string adds G; don't touch it.

Arch your fingers so their tips come down vertically. That keeps them off the open strings, which have to ring for the chord to sound complete.
On ukulele you strum all four strings. The top G string is tuned higher than the C, which is why ukulele chords sound bright and close.

Other ways to play Csus2

5-7-8-5: movable shape at the 5th fret, medium. Same notes, stacked differently, so it sounds a little different.
12-12-10-10: movable shape at the 10th fret, medium. Higher up the neck it sounds brighter; handy when another guitar is already playing a lower shape.

Csus2 the capo way

A capo turns an open chord into Csus2: capo on the 5th fret and play the open Gsus2 shape (0-2-3-0). Handy when the rest of the song's chords also have open shapes in that position.

Csus2 chord changes

These are the changes you'll meet most often with Csus2, using the first shape of each chord.

C (resolves up to the third): Csus2 (0-2-3-3) to C (0-0-0-3): move the index finger to the A string, 3rd fret. C and G carry over from one chord to the other. C on ukulele
F (IV in C major): Csus2 (0-2-3-3) to F (2-0-1-0): move the index finger to the E string, 1st fret, move the middle finger to the G string, 2nd fret. Shared note: C. F on ukulele
G (V in C major): Csus2 (0-2-3-3) to G (0-2-3-2): your index finger stays put, move the middle finger to the A string, 2nd fret, the ring finger slides across to the E string at the same fret. D and G carry over from one chord to the other. G on ukulele

Csus2 replaces the third with the second, so it is neither major nor minor. All 3 notes of Csus2 fit on the ukulele's four strings, with one of them doubled. The open second in Csus2 usually rises to the third, so play Csus2 then C and listen for it to settle. The slow arpeggio button above makes that quality easy to hear.

Practice Csus2 in two minutes

Arpeggiate 0-2-3-3 from the lowest string: G, D, G, C. Then strum it and listen for the same 4 notes together. Finish by moving between 0-2-3-3 and 5-7-8-5 to learn two positions of the same chord.

Keys and progressions with Csus2

Csus2 on guitar and piano

The same notes on another instrument: Csus2 on guitar and Csus2 on piano. This page puts all three side by side.

Next to try on ukulele

Other suspended second chords

Csus2 on ukulele: questions

What notes are in Csus2 on ukulele?

C, D and G. In the 0-2-3-3 shape the strings play G (G string, open), D (C string), G (E string) and C (A string), so G is doubled.

What's the easiest way to play Csus2 on ukulele?

0-2-3-3, the shape at the top of this page. Open strings do part of the work, so no barre.

Is Csus2 a barre chord on ukulele?

Not in its common form: 0-2-3-3 needs no barre.

Which string does Csus2 start on?

In the 0-2-3-3 shape the lowest string you play is the G string, open, which is G, the perfect fifth.

Checked automatically: no shape here plays a note outside Csus2. Updated September 2026.