Guitar chord · Suspended & power
D♯ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord on guitar
11-11-11-13-11-11 · Barre · 11th fret
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play D♯7sus4 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
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
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Barre · 11th fret
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 6 strings at the 11th fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 11th fret, held by the barre D♯
- 5th string (A): 11th fret, held by the barre G♯
- 4th string (D): 11th fret, held by the barre C♯
- 3rd string (G): 13th fret, ring finger (3) G♯
- 2nd string (B): 11th fret, held by the barre A♯
- 1st string (high E): 11th fret, held by the barre D♯
Tablature
e|--11--| B|--11--| G|--13--| D|--11--| A|--11--| E|--11--|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every D♯7sus4 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing D♯7sus4 on guitar
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).
