Chords for How to Play Dsus2 Chord on Guitar (Beginner Guitar Lesson)
Tempo:
65.35 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hi, I'm Troy from Studio 33 Guitar and today we're looking at how to play a Dsus2 chord.
short version of Dsus2.
for suspended, not sustained like sometimes people think.
into the theory today behind why it's called suspended and what
about music theory you can check out our website
free lessons on there and courses that you can check out if you're interested
But for now let's zoom in on the neck and have a look at how to play Dsus2.
Dsus2 chord we have to start first with a D major chord and that looks like this.
short version of Dsus2.
for suspended, not sustained like sometimes people think.
into the theory today behind why it's called suspended and what
about music theory you can check out our website
free lessons on there and courses that you can check out if you're interested
But for now let's zoom in on the neck and have a look at how to play Dsus2.
Dsus2 chord we have to start first with a D major chord and that looks like this.
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B
F#
D
B
F#
D
B
F#
Hi, I'm Troy from Studio 33 Guitar and today we're looking at how to play a Dsus2 chord.
Sometimes you'll see this written as D2 but that's just a short version of Dsus2.
The sus is an abbreviation for suspended, not sustained like sometimes people think.
I'm not going to get into the theory today behind why it's called suspended and what
that means but if you would like to know more about music theory you can check out our website
Studio33Guitar.com.
We've got more free lessons on there and courses that you can check out if you're interested
in learning more about music theory.
But for now let's zoom in on the neck and have a look at how to play Dsus2.
For a Dsus2 chord we have to start first with a D major chord and that looks like this.
You're probably familiar with this already but just go through the fingering on that quickly.
You've got your index finger on the second fret of the G and then you have your ring
finger on the third fret of the B string and then your middle finger second fret of
the E string.
So that gives you a D major chord.
You're playing from the D string down.
[B] Now to play a Dsus2 chord all we're going to do, it's really simple, we're just going
to lift our middle finger off and let that high E string ring open.
So that's going to sound like this. _ _
_ _ I have seen some people play this with their middle finger on that note and you can do
that too but it is a good idea to keep that D chord shape because first it makes it easy
to find this D2 chord or this [F#] Dsus2 chord but also a lot of times the [D] Dsus2 chord will
resolve to a D major chord.
So it's good to have that finger position that you can go back to that D chord easily.
So if you have a Dsus2 you _ can
Sometimes you'll see this written as D2 but that's just a short version of Dsus2.
The sus is an abbreviation for suspended, not sustained like sometimes people think.
I'm not going to get into the theory today behind why it's called suspended and what
that means but if you would like to know more about music theory you can check out our website
Studio33Guitar.com.
We've got more free lessons on there and courses that you can check out if you're interested
in learning more about music theory.
But for now let's zoom in on the neck and have a look at how to play Dsus2.
For a Dsus2 chord we have to start first with a D major chord and that looks like this.
You're probably familiar with this already but just go through the fingering on that quickly.
You've got your index finger on the second fret of the G and then you have your ring
finger on the third fret of the B string and then your middle finger second fret of
the E string.
So that gives you a D major chord.
You're playing from the D string down.
[B] Now to play a Dsus2 chord all we're going to do, it's really simple, we're just going
to lift our middle finger off and let that high E string ring open.
So that's going to sound like this. _ _
_ _ I have seen some people play this with their middle finger on that note and you can do
that too but it is a good idea to keep that D chord shape because first it makes it easy
to find this D2 chord or this [F#] Dsus2 chord but also a lot of times the [D] Dsus2 chord will
resolve to a D major chord.
So it's good to have that finger position that you can go back to that D chord easily.
So if you have a Dsus2 you _ can