Suspended & power

D♭ suspended 2nd chord

Open and airy; the 2nd replaces the 3rd, so it is neither major nor minor.

Spell as C♯sus2
Notes
D♭E♭A♭
Formula
125
Built from
root · major 2nd · perfect 5th

How to play D♭sus2

About the D♭ suspended 2nd chord

Playing it

There’s no open-string way to play D♭sus2 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 4th fret (x46644).

On piano, every note of D♭sus2 is a black key.

On ukulele the usual D♭sus2 shape is 1344, using four fingers.

Related chords

D♭sus2 contains exactly the same notes as A♭sus4. Which name fits depends on which note is in the bass and what key you’re in.

Move a single note and D♭sus2 becomes a different chord: swap E♭ for F for D♭, raise E♭ to F♭ for D♭m, swap E♭ for G♭ for D♭sus4 and add F for D♭add9.

D♭sus2 chord (D♭ suspended 2nd) on guitar, ukulele and piano
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