Electric guitar · Suspended 4th chord

Dsus4D Suspended 4th

  • Key: D Major
  • Medium
  • Popular
  • Open chord

Dsus4 is the D suspended 4th chord on electric guitar, made of the notes D · G · A#.

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Other positions

Notes

  • D
  • G
  • A#

Structure

  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 5
Sound
Suspended fourth
Tense, asks for resolution
Harmonic function
Tonic
The tonal center. It conveys stability and rest.

Harmonic field of D Major

DegreeChordFunction
IDTonic
iiEmSubdominant
iiiF#mTonic relative
IVGSubdominant
VADominant
viBmTonic relative
vii°C#dimDominant

How to play

  1. 1Place your index finger on fret 2 of string 3.
  2. 2Place your ring finger on fret 3 of string 2.
  3. 3Place your pinky on fret 3 of string 1.
  4. 4Let string 4 ring open.
  5. 5Don't play strings 6, 5.
  6. 6Strum from string 4 down.

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