Guitar chords · Suspended 4th
Dsus4 chord on guitar
Dsus4 (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. 4th) has three notes: D, G and A, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4 and 5.
Shapes
How to play Dsus4
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.
Dsus4 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and two 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 and the E shape at fret 10. 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
E shape · fret 10
Notes and formula
What makes Dsus4 suspended 4th
A sus4 chord replaces the 3rd with the 4th. The 4th wants to fall back to the 3rd, so a sus4 chord usually resolves to the major 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 4th makes Dsus4 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. 4th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- DRroot
- G4essential
- A5optional
- D, the root
- Other chord tones
Dsus4 usually resolves to D, as the 4th falls to the 3rd.
Keys
Keys with Dsus4
Dsus4 belongs to ten keys: C major (IIsus4), G major (Vsus4), D major (Isus4), B♭ major (IIIsus4), F major (VIsus4), A minor (IVsus4), E minor (VIIsus4), B minor (IIIsus4), G minor (Vsus4) and D minor (Isus4).
- IIsus4C major
- Vsus4G major
- Isus4D major
- IIIsus4B♭ major
- VIsus4F major
- IVsus4A minor
- VIIsus4E minor
- IIIsus4B minor
- Vsus4G minor
- Isus4D 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
Dsus4 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 Dsus4 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Dsus4/A
Dsus4 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
- Dsus2 suspended 2nd
- 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
Dsus4, in short
- What notes are in the Dsus4 chord?
- Dsus4 (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. 4th) has three notes: D, G and A, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 4 and 5.
- How do you play Dsus4 on guitar?
- Dsus4 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and two 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 and the E shape at fret 10.
- What key is Dsus4 in?
- Dsus4 belongs to ten keys: C major (IIsus4), G major (Vsus4), D major (Isus4), B♭ major (IIIsus4), F major (VIsus4), A minor (IVsus4), E minor (VIIsus4), B minor (IIIsus4), G minor (Vsus4) and D minor (Isus4).