Dsus4

D1G4A5

The third replaced by the fourth, which leans on the third it is standing in for.

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x230

open

Fig. 3

7755

moderate

Fig. 4

775x

easy

Fig. 5

79aa

hard

What is true of it

Dsus4 is D, G and A — 1, 4 and 5 counted from D.

These are also the notes of Gsus2/D. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

The easiest of the 4 fingerings below is x230: 2 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 6 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are D, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Dsus4/G

0230

second inversion

Dsus4/A

2230

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

D in other shapes

Dsus2suspended second D7sus4dominant seventh suspended fourth Dmajor Dmminor Ddimdiminished

Csus4 C♯sus4 D♭sus4 D♯sus4 E♭sus4 Esus4 Fsus4 F♯sus4 all 374