Four String Bass · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D+sus4D Augmented Suspended 4th

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Formula 2 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes E · A · C

How to play it

D+sus4 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 6 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 9 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 9 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 14 x 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 14 13 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar chord — 16th position (x 18 18 16) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

Read it as tab

D+sus4 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 6 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 9 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 9 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 14 x 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 14 13 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

D Augmented Suspended 4th guitar tab — 16th position (x 18 18 16) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

Sound

How D+sus4 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 5 · ♭7

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