Suspended & power
D suspended 4th chord
Hanging tension that usually resolves to a major or minor chord.
- Notes
- DGA
- Formula
- 145
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th
How to play Dsus4
About the D suspended 4th chord
Dsus4 → D is one of the most recognizable moves in folk and rock guitar: hammer your pinky onto the 3rd fret of the high E string and lift it off again.
Playing it
On guitar, Dsus4 has an open-position shape, xx0233, using three fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E and A strings.
On piano, Dsus4 sits entirely on white keys.
On ukulele the usual Dsus4 shape is 0230, using two fingers.
