Dsus2 chord on guitar
D sus2
Dsus2 is a sus2 chord with three notes: D, E and A. Learn it first as an open shape: two open strings and two fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and one more way to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the G string, fret 2
- Middle on the B string, fret 3
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Skip the low E and A strings and strum from the D string down.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Twoindex and middle
- Strings played
- FourD, G, B and high e
- Open strings
- Twothe D and high e strings
- Lowest note
- D3the root, on the D string
- Frets
- x x 0 2 3 0low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Dsus2
- Droot
- Emajor second
- Aperfect fifth
A sus2 chord swaps the third for a major second, so it is neither major nor minor. E is the major second, two frets above the root. A is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: E4major second
- B string: D4root
- G string: A3perfect fifth
- D string: D3root
- A string: not played
- low E string: not played
Every note of Dsus2 is in this shape, some of them twice.
Another way to play it
- Barre at fret 5x 5 7 7 5 5Root on the A string.
Related chords
All 111 chords in the chartStrum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play Dsus2 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.