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About the Dsus4 chord

The Dsus4 chord (sus4) is made up of 3 notes — D is the root, G the perfect fourth and A the perfect fifth. The third is replaced by the fourth, building tension that wants to resolve back down to the major.

On guitar, Dsus4 chords are most often played in open position: x50233. Let the open D string ring, and leave the low E string out. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings in all.

Suspended-fourth chords swap the third for a fourth, creating tension that wants to fall back to the major.

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Common questions

What notes are in the Dsus4 chord?

The Dsus4 chord contains the notes D, G and A.

How do you play Dsus4 on guitar?

A common open-position shape is x50233. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.

What intervals make up the Dsus4 chord?

The Dsus4 chord is built from the root (D), a perfect fourth (G) and a perfect fifth (A).

More than a chord chart

The chart above is just the start. Open Dsus4 in the finder to hear it on guitar and piano and browse every playable voicing side by side. Or switch to Name my chord — tap frets or keys and MobileChords identifies the chord you're playing, inversions and slash chords included.