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D♯ chord finder
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Shape 1 of 2
A-shape barre · Frets 6-8
D♯
Shape difficulty
IntermediateMain challenge: Keeping the barre even enough that the middle strings ring clearly instead of thinning out.
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D♯ Guitar Chords
Compare common D♯ chords, hear how their notes change, and move to related scales when you want more context.
D♯ makes more sense when you hear the plain major and minor sounds beside their seventh, suspended, and added-tone colors.
Common D♯ chords
D♯
D♯ Major
a bright, stable, foundational sound. beginner songs, pop, folk, country, worship, and the I, IV, and V chords behind countless progressions.
Notes: D♯, F♯#, and A♯
D♯m
D♯ Minor
a darker, moodier sound than a major triad. minor-key songs, ballads, indie progressions, cinematic writing, and any harmony that needs a darker contrast.
Notes: D♯, F♯, and A♯
D♯7
D♯7
a tense, bluesy, forward-leaning sound. blues, folk turnarounds, rock cadences, and any progression that needs a clear pull into the next chord.
Notes: D♯, F♯#, A♯, and C♯
D♯7sus4
D♯7sus4
a suspended dominant sound with forward pull. rock turnarounds, worship progressions, bluesy cadences, and dominant moments that want tension without a plain major third.
Notes: D♯, G♯, A♯, and C♯
D♯maj7
D♯ Major 7
a smooth, lush major sound. jazz-influenced pop, neo-soul, ballads, and smoother tonic or subdominant harmony.
Notes: D♯, F♯#, A♯, and C♯#
D♯m7
D♯ Minor 7
a mellow, soulful, more relaxed minor sound. jazz, soul, funk, mellow pop, neo-soul, and softer minor-key progressions.
Notes: D♯, F♯, A♯, and C♯
D♯dim
D♯ Diminished
a tight, tense, unstable sound. leading-tone harmony, passing chords, and tighter tension points in both major and minor progressions.
Notes: D♯, F♯, and A
D♯aug
D♯ Augmented
a bright but unsettled sound. passing harmony, dramatic songwriting turns, and color-chord moments where a plain major triad feels too settled.
Notes: D♯, F♯#, and A♯#
D♯6
D♯6
a warm major sound with a little extra motion. older pop, swing-flavored rhythm work, warmer tonic harmony, and arranged parts that want motion without a seventh chord.
Notes: D♯, F♯#, A♯, and B♯
D♯m6
D♯ Minor 6
a minor sound with an added lift. jazzier minor-key writing, arranged rhythm parts, and progressions that want more motion than a plain minor chord.
Notes: D♯, F♯, A♯, and B♯
D♯add9
D♯ Add 9
an open, airy major sound. acoustic pop, worship, singer-songwriter arrangements, and other progressions that want a wider top end.
Notes: D♯, F♯#, A♯, and E♯
D♯9
D♯9
a bluesy dominant sound with extra color. blues, funk, soul, and richer dominant grooves where a plain 7 chord needs more color.
Notes: D♯, F♯#, A♯, C♯, and E♯
D♯sus2
D♯ Sus2
an open, suspended sound. acoustic strumming, pop hooks, singer-songwriter progressions, and repeated patterns that need motion without extra harmonic complexity.
Notes: D♯, E♯, and A♯
D♯sus4
D♯ Sus4
a suspended, pushing, unresolved sound. rock, pop, worship, and singer-songwriter strumming patterns where tension and release happen around one root sound.
Notes: D♯, G♯, and A♯
D♯5
D♯ Power
a punchy, direct, neutral guitar sound. rock riffs, punk, palm-muted rhythm parts, and higher-gain playing where full triads can sound too busy.
Notes: D♯ and A♯