Suspended 2nd Chord

🎵 Replaces the third with a major second (root, 2, 5). Creates an open, floating, and unresolved sound that usually resolves to the major or minor triad. Use it in intros, outros, or before tonic chords in pop, folk, or rock for a light, airy, and expectant feel.

Also abbreviated as: sus2

With all 3 notes and C as bass, it is also: Csus2Gsus/CGsus4/C

Contains intervals: 1P2M5P

Popular songs which use this chord type: Dust in the Wind (Kansas - arpeggiated intro), Fire and Rain (James Taylor)