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Dbsus4 chord on guitar

Dbsus4 is a suspended fourth chord: tense and hanging, wanting to fall back to the major chord. It is built from Db, Gb and Ab (formula 1 4 5). Players often move sus4 to major and back to make one chord sound like a riff. The easiest way to play it in standard tuning is x44674.

4×
x 4 4 6 7 4
9
9 9 11 11 9 9
11××
x x 11 13 14 14

Dbsus4 fingerings (low E to high E)

  1. Barre at fret 4: x44674. Mute the low E string, barre fret 4 from the A to the high E string.
  2. Barre at fret 9: 9-9-11-11-9-9. Barre fret 9 from the low E to the high E string.
  3. Fret 11: x-x-11-13-14-14. Mute the low E and A strings.

Questions

What notes are in the Dbsus4 chord?
Dbsus4 is made of Db, Gb and Ab: the root, perfect 4th and perfect 5th above Db.
What is the easiest way to play Dbsus4?
Play x44674 (low E to high E): mute the low E string, barre fret 4 from the A to the high E string.

Also try: Db Major · C# Minor · Db7 · Dbmaj7 · Chord Charts