Banjo Dsus4 chord (Open D)D suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 0 1 0 0, and 5 more shapes

Dsus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 1 0 0, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Dsus4 (D suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 1 0 0, 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 1 0 0 (open position)

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

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

The 5th string: the short f♯ rubs against the G in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

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 Dsus4 shapes

  1. 134f♯DADG0 3 5 5
    open
  2. 3fr2134f♯GADG5 3 5 5
    3fr
  3. 5fr41f♯DDAG0 8 0 5
    5fr
  4. 7fr241f♯DDGA0 8 10 7
    7fr
  5. 12fr132f♯DGAD12 13 0 12
    12fr

Other D chords in Open D

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Dsus4 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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