CHORD REFERENCE

D♯7sus4

D♯ – G♯ – A♯ – C♯1 4 5 b7

Also written E♭7sus4 — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The D♯ 7sus4 chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
D♯1G♯4A♯5C♯b7

D♯7sus4 is D#, G#, A#, C# — the 1, 4, 5 and b7 above the root D♯.

Piano
D♯G♯A♯C♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eG♯A♯C♯D♯BC♯D♯G♯A♯GG♯A♯C♯D♯DD♯G♯A♯C♯AA♯C♯D♯G♯EG♯A♯C♯D♯

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AA♯C♯D♯G♯EG♯A♯C♯D♯CC♯D♯G♯A♯GG♯A♯C♯D♯

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only D#, G#, A#, C# plays the chord.

In which keys

D♯7sus4 is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other D♯ chords

Triads

D♯MajorD♯mMinorD♯5Power Chord (5)D♯dimDiminishedD♯augAugmentedD♯sus2Suspended 2ndD♯sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

D♯6Major 6thD♯m6Minor 6thD♯7Dominant 7thD♯maj7Major 7thD♯m7Minor 7thD♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thD♯dim7Diminished 7thD♯m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)

Altered dominants

D♯7♭57♭5D♯7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)D♯7♭97♭9D♯7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

D♯add9Added 9thD♯6/96/9D♯9Dominant 9thD♯maj9Major 9thD♯m9Minor 9thD♯11Dominant 11thD♯13Dominant 13th
7sus4 on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

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