Guitar chords · Suspended 2nd
Dsus2 chord on guitar
Dsus2 (D A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 2nd) has three notes: D, E and A, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 2 and 5.
Shapes
How to play Dsus2
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Dsus2 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5. A movable shape keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
A shape · fret 5
Notes and formula
What makes Dsus2 suspended 2nd
A sus2 chord replaces the 3rd with the 2nd, so it is neither major nor minor. It sounds open and unresolved, and often moves to the major or minor chord on the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7..
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 2nd makes Dsus2 a A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 2nd chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- DRroot
- E2essential
- A5optional
- D, the root
- Other chord tones
Dsus2 often moves to D or Dm, as the 2nd rises to the 3rd.
Keys
Keys with Dsus2
Dsus2 belongs to ten keys: C major (IIsus2), G major (Vsus2), D major (Isus2), A major (IVsus2), F major (VIsus2), A minor (IVsus2), E minor (VIIsus2), B minor (IIIsus2), F♯ minor (VIsus2) and D minor (Isus2).
- IIsus2C major
- Vsus2G major
- Isus2D major
- IVsus2A major
- VIsus2F major
- IVsus2A minor
- VIIsus2E minor
- IIIsus2B minor
- VIsus2F♯ minor
- Isus2D minor
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
Dsus2 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Dsus2 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Dsus2/A
Dsus2 with its 5th, A, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on D
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- D major
- Dm minor
- D7 dominant 7th
- Dmaj7 major 7th
- Dm7 minor 7th
- Dsus4 suspended 4th
- D6 major 6th
- Dm6 minor 6th
- Dadd9 add 9
- D9 dominant 9th
- Dmaj9 major 9th
- Dm9 minor 9th
- D13 dominant 13th
- Dmaj13 major 13th
- Dm11 minor 11th
- D° diminished
- Dm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- D°7 diminished 7th
- D+ augmented
- D5 power chord
- D7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Dm(maj7) minor major 7th
- D6/9 six-nine
- Dm(add9) minor add 9
- D7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Dsus2, in short
- What notes are in the Dsus2 chord?
- Dsus2 (D A chord that replaces its 3rd with a 2nd (sus2) or a 4th (sus4), so it is neither major nor minor and sounds unresolved. 2nd) has three notes: D, E and A, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 2 and 5.
- How do you play Dsus2 on guitar?
- Dsus2 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5.
- What key is Dsus2 in?
- Dsus2 belongs to ten keys: C major (IIsus2), G major (Vsus2), D major (Isus2), A major (IVsus2), F major (VIsus2), A minor (IVsus2), E minor (VIIsus2), B minor (IIIsus2), F♯ minor (VIsus2) and D minor (Isus2).