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Aug 9, 2021 · Sus chords (short for suspended chords) are a type of chord that is neither major nor minor. Sus4 chords include a perfect 4th interval instead of a major or minor 3rd, while Sus2 chords include a perfect 2nd interval instead of a major or minor third.
Nov 1, 2022 · The following guitar sus chord chart displays all of the chord diagrams above along with the added sharp note and 7sus4 chords. If ever you need a quick reference to a complete sus chord chart, check out the one below.
Suspended chords are chords in which the 3rd is replaced with a 2nd (sus2) or 4th (sus4) interval. Without the 3rd, the chords are neither major nor minor. Sus2 chords tend to resolve up to a major/minor chord while the sus4 tends to resolve down to a major/minor chord.
The result is a feeling of suspense (especially with sus4 chords), a more "open" and ambiguous sound than the more resolved major and minor chords. See the tables below for the most common types of suspended chord and how they're constructed...
Learn how to create and play suspended chords on guitar. Find the fretboard charts for sus2, sus4 and 7sus4 chords.
A jazz sus chord [4] or 9sus4 chord is a dominant ninth chord with a suspended fourth, typically appearing on the dominant 5th degree of a major key. Functionally, it can be written as V 9sus4. For example, the jazz sus chord built on G, written as G 9sus4 has pitches G–C–D–F-A.
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Sep 6, 2023 · You can see that the sus4 chord (“sus” stands for “suspended”.) replaces the third with the fourth note. The sus2 chord consists of the root, 2nd and 5th notes of the major scale (1-2-5) = C D G. The sus2 chord replaces the third with the second note.
