What notes are in the F# sus24 chord?

The F# sus24 chord contains the notes F# · G# · B · C#: the root F# 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 F#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the F# sus24 chord?

Measured from F#, the F# 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 F# sus24 chord?

On guitar the most common F# sus24 shape is 224424, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play F#3 · G#3 · B3 · C#4 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.

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

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	F#3 · G#3 · B3 · C#4
Open (drop 2)	B2 · F#3 · G#3 · C#4

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Anatomy

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

Read on: how triads are built

Inversions

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

Where it lives

The keys and the scales F# sus24 belongs to.

In which keys

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

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

Scales that contain it

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

F# MajorF# · G# · A# · B · C# · D# · E#
F# MinorF# · G# · A · B · C# · D · E
F# Melodic MinorF# · G# · A · B · C# · D# · E#
F# Harmonic MinorF# · G# · A · B · C# · D · E#
F# DorianF# · G# · A · B · C# · D# · E
F# MixolydianF# · G# · A# · B · C# · D# · E
F# Harmonic MajorF# · G# · A# · B · C# · D · E#
F# RitusenF# · G# · B · C# · D#

Related chords

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

Simpler

F#sus4F# · B · C#
F#sus2F# · G# · C#
F#5F# · C#

Richer

F#11F# · C# · E · G# · B
F#m11F# · A · C# · E · G# · B
F#maj9sus4F# · B · C# · E# · G#
F#9sus4F# · B · C# · E · G#
F#13sus4F# · B · C# · E · G# · D#

sus24 on every root

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

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Understanding the F# sus24 chord

Names and symbols

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

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

Common questions

What notes are in the F# sus24 chord?: The F# sus24 chord contains the notes F# · G# · B · C#: the root F# 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 F#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the F# sus24 chord?: Measured from F#, the F# 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 F# sus24 chord?: On guitar the most common F# sus24 shape is 224424, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play F#3 · G#3 · B3 · C#4 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.