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 11th fret (11-11-13-13-11-11). While you build strength, you can play just the top four strings of the same shape (x-x-13-13-11-11).

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

On ukulele the usual D♯sus4 shape is 1341, using four fingers.

Related chords

D♯sus4 contains exactly the same notes as A♭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.