Guitar chord · Suspended & power
D suspended 4th chord on guitar
xx0233 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play Dsus4 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Hanging tension that usually resolves to a major or minor chord.
- Notes
- DGA
- Formula
- 145
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · perfect 5th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): don’t play — mute it
- 4th string (D): play open D
- 3rd string (G): 2nd fret, index finger (1) A
- 2nd string (B): 3rd fret, middle finger (2) D
- 1st string (high E): 3rd fret, ring finger (3) G
Tablature
e|--3---| B|--3---| G|--2---| D|--0---| A|--x---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every Dsus4 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 Dsus4 on guitar
xx0233: the D shape with the pinky added on the high E string’s 3rd fret.
