Suspended & power
D suspended 2nd chord
Open and airy; the 2nd replaces the 3rd, so it is neither major nor minor.
- Notes
- DEA
- Formula
- 125
- Built from
- root · major 2nd · perfect 5th
How to play Dsus2
About the D suspended 2nd chord
Dsus2 is Dsus4’s softer cousin: the open E replaces the F♯, giving an open, ringing sound heard all over acoustic pop.
Playing it
On guitar, Dsus2 is one of the friendlier shapes: xx0230 needs just two fingers and lets the open strings ring. Don’t strum the low E and A strings.
On piano, Dsus2 sits entirely on white keys.
On ukulele the usual Dsus2 shape is 2200, using two fingers.
