FCFCDG Guitar Tuner
FCFCDG G7sus4 - Guitar tuning, chords & scales
G7sus4 Tuning: A Resonant Open Sound
The G7sus4 tuning transforms your guitar into a deeply resonant soundscape, ideal for creating rich, open-voiced chords and evocative textures. With its strong G7sus4 harmonic core, it invites experimentation, particularly suited for slide guitar, open-chord strumming, or drone-based compositions. This tuning creates a unique harmonic palette that feels both grounded and expansive, offering a distinct flavor that stands apart from standard tunings.
Technical Analysis:
This 'G7sus4' tuning arranges the strings from lowest to highest as F2-C3-F3-C4-D4-G4. When played open, these notes collectively form a G7sus4 chord (G-C-D-F). The low F (6th string) and middle F (4th string) act as the minor seventh of G, while the two C notes (5th and 3rd strings) provide the suspended fourth. The D (2nd string) is the perfect fifth, and the high G (1st string) is the root. This structure provides a deep, full sound with significant harmonic tension and release potential, making it a powerful foundation for songwriting.
Open Chords & Reachable Shapes:
- The most immediate chord available is a full G7sus4 simply by strumming all open strings, offering a rich, ready-to-use harmony.
- Barre chords across the fretboard will yield other X7sus4 chords (e.g., barring at the 5th fret will give a C7sus4), maintaining the same intervallic relationship and making transposition straightforward.
- By selectively fretting, you can explore variations such as Gsus4 (by muting or not playing the 6th string, and potentially modifying other notes) or even resolving the sus4 to a major 3rd (B) to create a G7 chord.
- The prevalence of open C and F notes makes C Major/Minor and F Major/Minor chords easily accessible with minimal fretting, allowing for quick harmonic shifts.
- The consistent intervals between some adjacent strings (e.g., C-F on the 5th and 4th strings, C-D on the 3rd and 2nd strings, D-G on the 2nd and 1st strings) can simplify playing certain melodic or arpeggiated patterns, enabling fluid movement across the fretboard.
How to Tune:
To achieve the G7sus4 tuning from standard EADGBe, follow these string adjustments:
- String 6 (Low E to F): Tune up 1 semitone.
- String 5 (A to C): Tune up 3 semitones.
- String 4 (D to F): Tune up 3 semitones.
- String 3 (G to C): Tune up 5 semitones. Caution: Tuning this string up 5 semitones is a significant increase in tension. For sustained use or to ensure string integrity, a heavier gauge string for the 3rd string is strongly advised.
- String 2 (B to D): Tune up 3 semitones.
- String 1 (High E to G): Tune up 3 semitones.
String 6 (Low E): F2
String 5 (A): C3
String 4 (D): F3
String 3 (G): C4
String 2 (B): D4
String 1 (High E): G4
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Capos for FCFCDG
| Capo | Tuning | Name |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | BF#BF#G#C# | Tight B |
| -5 | CGCGAD | CGCGAD |
| -4 | C#G#C#G#A#D# | C#g#c#g#a#d# |
| -3 | DADABE | Slacker/Pavement |
| -2 | D#A#D#A#CF | F7sus4 |
| -1 | EBEBC#F# | F#7sus4 |
| 0 | FCFCDG | G7sus4 |
| 2 | GDGDEA | Someone Like You A7sus4 |
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Tuning Map
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