Banjo Asus4 chord (Open D)A suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 0 2, and 6 more shapes

Asus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 3 0 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Asus4 (A suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 3 0 2, 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: 0 3 0 2 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (F♯): 3rd fret, middle finger, A
  3. String 2 (A): open, A
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, index finger, E
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

Sounds: D A A E  ·  Asus4 is A, D, E (1 · 4 · 5)

The 5th string: the short f♯ adds the 6th over Asus4, a colour rather than a clash.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Asus4 shapes

  1. 12f♯EAAD2 3 0 0
    open
  2. 241f♯DADE0 3 5 2
    open
  3. 7fr1211f♯ADEA7 8 7 7
    7fr
  4. 10fr2134f♯DEAD12 10 12 12
    10fr
  5. 12fr413f♯DAAE0 15 12 14
    12fr
  6. 14fr21f♯DAAE0 15 0 14
    14fr

Other A chords in Open D

AAmA7Am7Amaj7A6Asus4Asus2AdimAaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Asus4 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

All Open D banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app