Irish bouzouki Dsus4 chord (GDAE)D suspended 4th: 0 0 0 3, and 5 more shapes

Dsus4 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 0 0 0 3, open position
Dsus4 (D suspended 4th) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 0 0 0 3, low course to high (Dsus4/G). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 0 0 0 3 (open position) · Dsus4/G

  1. G course: open, G
  2. D course: open, D
  3. A course: open, A
  4. E course: 3rd fret, index finger, G

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

Open courses that ring: G, D and A are notes of Dsus4, 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 Dsus4 shapes

  1. 12ADAG2 0 0 3
    open · Dsus4/A
  2. 1GDAA0 0 0 5
    open · Dsus4/G
  3. 7fr14GAAD0 7 0 10
    7fr · Dsus4/G
  4. 10fr1GDAD0 0 0 10
    10fr · Dsus4/G
  5. 12fr1GDA0 0 12 x
    12fr · Dsus4/G

Other D chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

DDmD7Dm7D5Dsus2Dsus4Dmaj7Dadd9

Other suspended 4th chords

Dsus4Gsus4Asus4Esus4Bsus4Csus4Fsus4F♯sus4

Dsus4 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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