Suspended & power
D dominant 7th suspended 4th chord
A dominant 7th with a suspended 4th — common in funk, soul and gospel.
- Notes
- DGAC
- Formula
- 145♭7
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th · minor 7th
How to play D7sus4
About the D dominant 7th suspended 4th chord
Playing it
On guitar, D7sus4 is one of the friendlier shapes: xx0013 needs just two fingers and lets the open strings ring. Don’t strum the low E and A strings.
On piano, D7sus4 sits entirely on white keys.
On ukulele the usual D7sus4 shape is 0233, using three fingers.
