D♭ suspended 4th chord

Playing it

There’s no open-string way to play D♭sus4 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 4th fret (x44674).

On piano, every note of D♭sus4 is a black key.

On ukulele the usual D♭sus4 shape is 1124, using four fingers.

Related chords

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

Move a single note and D♭sus4 becomes a different chord: lower G♭ to F for D♭, swap G♭ for F♭ for D♭m, swap G♭ for E♭ for D♭sus2 and add C♭ for D♭7sus4.