What notes are in the C# sus24 chord?

The C# sus24 chord contains the notes C# · D# · F# · G#: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally C#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the C# sus24 chord?

Measured from C#, the C# sus24 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the C# sus24 chord?

On guitar the most common C# sus24 shape is x41122, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · D#3 · F#3 · G#3 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

C# Sus24 Chord (C#sus24): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	C#3 · D#3 · F#3 · G#3
Open (drop 2)	F#2 · C#3 · D#3 · G#3

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

C# sus24 (C#sus24) contains the notes C# · D# · F# · G#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built

Inversions

An inversion of C# sus24 puts a chord tone other than C# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales C# sus24 belongs to.

In which keys

C# sus24 is diatonic to 8 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

E majorVIsus24Tonic
C# minorIsus24Tonic
B majorIIsus24Subdominant
G# minorIVsus24Subdominant
F# majorVsus24Dominant
D# minorVIIsus24Subdominant
Db majorIsus24Tonic
Bb minorIIIsus24Tonic

Scales that contain it

C# sus24 fits inside these scales, each built on C#.

C# MajorC# · D# · E# · F# · G# · A# · B#
C# MinorC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A · B
C# Melodic MinorC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# · B#
C# Harmonic MinorC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A · B#
C# DorianC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# · B
C# MixolydianC# · D# · E# · F# · G# · A# · B
C# Harmonic MajorC# · D# · E# · F# · G# · A · B#
C# RitusenC# · D# · F# · G# · A#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with C# sus24: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

C#sus4C# · F# · G#
C#sus2C# · D# · G#
C#5C# · G#

Richer

C#11C# · G# · B · D# · F#
C#m11C# · E · G# · B · D# · F#
C#maj9sus4C# · F# · G# · B# · D#
C#9sus4C# · F# · G# · B · D#
C#13sus4C# · F# · G# · B · D# · A#

sus24 on every root

Csus24 Dbsus24 Dsus24 D#sus24 Ebsus24 Esus24 Fsus24 F#sus24 Gbsus24 Gsus24 G#sus24 Absus24 Asus24 A#sus24 Bbsus24 Bsus24

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Understanding the C# sus24 chord

Names and symbols

C#sus24 is the chord symbol for C# sus24; it is also written C#sus4add9.

sus on its own means sus4, and 7sus means 7sus4. sus2 is sometimes written add9(no3), which names the same notes from another angle.

C# sus24 and Db sus24 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Db sus24

Common questions

What notes are in the C# sus24 chord?: The C# sus24 chord contains the notes C# · D# · F# · G#: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally C#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the C# sus24 chord?: Measured from C#, the C# sus24 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the C# sus24 chord?: On guitar the most common C# sus24 shape is x41122, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · D#3 · F#3 · G#3 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.