Piano chord · Suspended & power
D♯ suspended 2nd chord on piano
Right hand: D♯ (1), E♯ (3), A♯ (5)
How to play D♯sus2 on piano: the keys to press, which fingers to use, inversions and how it’s written on the staff.
Open and airy; the 2nd replaces the 3rd, so it is neither major nor minor.
- Notes
- D♯E♯A♯
- Formula
- 125
- Built from
- root · major 2nd · perfect 5th
Piano
Root position · numbers are finger numbers
How to play it
Right handD♯1 · thumbE♯3 · middleA♯5 · pinky
Left handD♯5 · pinkythe root, an octave lower
Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky. Inversions use the same notes with a different one on the bottom — they help you move smoothly between chords. Tap any key to hear it.
Tips for playing D♯sus2 on piano
On piano, D♯sus2 has two black keys (D♯ and A♯) and one white key.
Notice the E♯ in D♯sus2 (D♯ E♯ A♯): each note of the chord takes its own letter (D–E–A), so the major 2nd has to be written E♯ rather than F — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
