Irish bouzouki Dsus2 chord (GDAE)D suspended 2nd: x 0 0 0, and 5 more shapes

Dsus2 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: x 0 0 0, open position
Dsus2 (D suspended 2nd) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: x 0 0 0, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: x 0 0 0 (open position)

  1. G course: not played
  2. D course: open, D
  3. A course: open, A
  4. E course: open, E

Sounds: D A E  ·  Dsus2 is D, E, A (1 · 2 · 5)

Open courses that ring: D, A and E are notes of Dsus2, so they can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Dsus2 shapes

  1. 1ADAE2 0 0 0
    open · Dsus2/A
  2. 14ADDE2 0 5 0
    open · Dsus2/A
  3. 5fr231DDEA7 0 7 5
    5fr
  4. 9fr1EDAE9 0 0 0
    9fr · Dsus2/E
  5. 12fr1DAEx 0 0 12
    12fr

Other D chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

DDmD7Dm7D5Dsus2Dsus4Dmaj7Dadd9

Other suspended 2nd chords

Dsus2Gsus2Asus2Esus2Bsus2Csus2Fsus2F♯sus2

Dsus2 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app