Sus & power family
D♭ suspended second chord
D♭sus2D♭ suspended second
Piano root position
- Root
- 2
- 5
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 4
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 4.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D♭1
- ♭2
- E♭2
- ♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- A♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- D♭ Root
- E♭ Major 2nd
- A♭ Perfect 5th
About this chord
What is a D♭ suspended second chord?
D♭sus2 is built from 3 notes: D♭ (the root), E♭ (the 2), A♭ (the 5). No third, so neither major nor minor: open and airy.
- Notes
- D♭ · E♭ · A♭
- Formula
- 1 · 2 · 5
- Also written
- D♭2
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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