Dsus4 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Dsus4. Dsus4 is used lots to add interest to D major chords. This sus4 chord is really easy to play, start with a regular D major chord and add your little finger to the 4rd fret of the top E string.

Although it might look easier to play this chord with your first three fingers, don't. 99.99% of the time this chord is played together with a regular D major chord, using your little finger on the 3rd fret makes this change really easy.

Sus4 chords are so called, because they 3rd of the chord is replaced by the 4th. This gives a suspended sound as our ear is expecting the 4th to resolve to the 3rd.

Sus4 chords use the degrees from the major scale: 1, 4, 5
The Dsus4 chord uses these notes: D, G, A

This Dsus4 guitar chord is used in thousands of songs:

• More Than A Feeling Boston
• Just Give Me A Reason Pink
• What It Takes Aerosmith
• Wonderwall Oasis
• and many more...

Try adding sus4 chords as embellishments to major chords next time you play your favourite song and tune back soon for another Guitar Chord of the Day.

Asus4 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Asus4. This chord inversion is played in open position on the guitar:

The Asus4 Guitar Chord can be played by slipping your 3rd finger up one fret when playing an ordinary open A chord.

 

Ordinary major chords are made from the 1st, 3rd and 5th of the major scale.
Sus4 chords replace the 3rd note of the scale with the 4th: 1, 4, 5

This gives an open, suspended sound as we expect to hear the sus4 chord resolve to a major chord - hence the name suspended 4th.

You don't have to see sus4 chords written down to play them. Anytime you see a major chord, you can try embellishing it with a sus4 chord before playing the major version.

Check out other sus4 guitar chords and tune back soon for another guitar chord of the day.

Esus4 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Esus4. The 'sus' in sus4 chords refers to the 4th being suspended, ready to resolve to the 3rd.

The Esus4 Guitar Chord is very easy to play, simply add your little finger to the 2nd fret of the G string when playing an open Emajor chord.

Sus 4 chords can be used to decorate regular major chords so try adding in a suspended 4th when you're playing a standard major chord.

Sus4 chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, 4, 5
Esus4 uses these notes: E, A, B

Check out other sus4 guitar chords here and tune back soon for another guitar chord of the day.
string when playing an open Emajor chord.

Bsus4 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Bsus4. Sus4 chords are usually played just before a regular major chord, they have an unresolved 'hanging' sound, hence the suspended name.
This guitar fingering for the Bsus4 chord involves playing a regular B major barre chord and slipping your finger up one fret to the 5th fret.

The root note of this chord is on the A string, you can move this chord to other frets to create other sus4 chords:

• 1st fret A#/Bb
• 2nd fret B
• 3rd fret C
• 4th fret C#/Db
• 5th fret D
• 6th fret D#/Eb
• 7th fret E
• 8th fret F
• 9th fret F#/Gb
• 10th fret G
• 11th fret G#/Ab
• 12th fret A

Check out these other sus4 guitar chords and tune back soon for another Guitar Chord of the Day.

Gsus4 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day, is Gsus4. Suspended 4th chords are usually used to embellish major chords.

This fingering of Gsus4 can be played together with an open G major chord with the right fingering.
Although you can use any fingering, as this is usually played together with an open G major chord it's best to use your little finger on the top E string

Sus4 chords use these notes from the major scale: 1, 4, 5
Gsus4 uses these notes: G, C, D


Try adding in a sus4 as an embellishment to the open G major chord and check out other suspended guitar chords here.