D♯sus2

D# Suspended 2nd chord

Notes

D#FA#

Intervals

195

Root

Voicings on standard tuning

Voicing 1

6fr

Voicing 2

3fr

Voicing 3

3fr

Voicing 4

Voicing 5

8fr

Voicing 6

8fr

Interval formula

1 – 2 – 5

Sound character

open and airy — the third is replaced by the second

Where it appears

Used as a decoration of the major or minor chord — strum it and resolve to the plain triad.

I–V–vi–IV

With D#sus2 as the tonic, this is the classic four-chord pop loop.

ii–V–I

D#sus2 is the resting point everything resolves to.

I–IV–V

The three-chord backbone of folk, country and early rock and roll.