Banjo Dsus4 chord (Sawmill)D suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 0 2 2 0, and 6 more shapes

Dsus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 0 2 2 0, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Dsus4 (D suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 0 2 2 0, string 4 to string 1 (5th string completes it). 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 2 2 0 (open position) · 5th string completes it

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

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

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

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, 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 Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Dsus4 shapes

  1. 114gDADG0 2 2 5
    open
  2. 5fr1234gGDGA5 7 7 7
    5fr
  3. 7fr111gDDGA0 7 7 7
    7fr
  4. 9fr1gDGAD0 0 9 0
    9fr
  5. 12fr341gDADD0 14 14 12
    12fr · 5th string completes it
  6. 14fr11gDADD0 14 14 0
    14fr · 5th string completes it

Other D chords in Sawmill

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Dsus4 in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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