Dsus4 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Dsus4 is a suspended fourth chord built from D, G, A. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.

Dsus4

D · G · A

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 5 – 7

The third is replaced by a fourth, so the chord is neither major nor minor until it resolves.

Inversions of Dsus4

  • Root position

    D · G · A · bass D

  • Inversion 1

    G · A · D · bass G

  • Inversion 2

    A · D · G · bass A

Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.

Keys that contain Dsus4

  • Cii
  • GV
  • DI
  • Bbiii
  • Fvi

In C it does this job: ii – V – I

  1. Dsus4
  2. G
  3. C

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