Banjo Dsus4 chord (C Tuning)D suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 2 2 3 5, and 6 more shapes

Dsus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 2 2 3 5, from the 2nd fret, with the short 5th string marked
Dsus4 (D suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 2 2 3 5, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 2 2 3 5 (from the 2nd fret)

  1. String 4 (C): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), D
  2. String 3 (G): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
  3. String 2 (B): 3rd fret, middle finger, D
  4. String 1 (D): 5th fret, little finger, G
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: D A D G  ·  Dsus4 is D, G, A (1 · 4 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g is the 4th of Dsus4, so let it ring.

With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 0 0 1 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open Csus4 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 7th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Dsus4 shapes

  1. 112gDADD2 2 3 0
    open · 5th string completes it
  2. 5fr4231gADGG9 7 8 5
    5fr
  3. 7fr1121gGDGA7 7 8 7
    7fr
  4. 9fr12gAGAD9 0 10 0
    9fr
  5. 12fr2341gDADD14 14 15 12
    12fr · 5th string completes it
  6. 14fr112gDADD14 14 15 0
    14fr · 5th string completes it

Other D chords in C Tuning

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Dsus4 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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