Suspended & power
D♯ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord
A dominant 7th with a suspended 4th — common in funk, soul and gospel.
- Notes
- D♯G♯A♯C♯
- Formula
- 145♭7
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th · minor 7th
How to play D♯7sus4
About the D♯ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord
Playing it
There’s no open-string way to play D♯7sus4 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 11th fret (11-11-11-13-11-11).
On piano, every note of D♯7sus4 is a black key.
On ukulele the usual D♯7sus4 shape is 3344, using four fingers.
