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A suspended chord (or sus chord) is a musical chord in which the (major or minor) third is omitted and replaced with a perfect fourth or a major second. [ 1 ] The lack of a minor or a major third in the chord creates an open sound, while the dissonance between the fourth and fifth or second and root creates tension.
The A sus 4 (A suspended 4) chord contains the notes A, D and E. It is produced by taking the 1 (root), 4 and 5 of the A Major scale. Here's how to play the A sus 4 chord.
- What Is A chord?
- Definition of Suspended Chords
- Examples of Suspended Chords
- That’S It For Suspended Chords
A chordis when you play or sing two or more notes at the same time. One note played after another is a melody, but if there are more than one simultaneously, you get a chord. Chords with only two notes are called intervals, or dyads. You can learn more about intervals here, but for this post we don’t need to know about them. There are lots of diffe...
A Suspended Chord is unique because it’s not made from 3rds. Chords made by stacking 3rds are called tertianchords, and Suspended chords are non-tertian. Instead, a suspended chord has a note within it that is “suspended” either a 4th or a 2nd above the root note. For example, starting on the note G, a typical G Maj chord would be G – B – D. A susp...
The song “Maiden Voyage” by Herbie Hancock uses extended (meaning with additional notes) suspended chords. The main progression is D7sus(9) ⇨ F7sus(9) ⇨ E7sus(13,9) ⇨ Dbm9. Another famous example of suspended chords in music is “Pinball Wizard” by The Who. After the initial opening of the song (which has multiple sus4 chords in it) at 0:17 the main...
Those are all the main points about suspended chords. Also written as sus4 and sus2 chords, just think of them as chords where the middle note (the 3rd) is suspendedin between the root and the 5th.
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.
Suspended 4th chords work similarly to Suspended 2nd chords. essentially we can take any major or minor triad, eliminate the third and replace it with a fourth, and voila, we have a sus4 chord. Let’s see this in practice.
Aug 3, 2023 · What are suspended chords? Suspended chords (or sus chords) are chords that do not contain a major or minor third scale degree. Instead they substitute the second or fourth degree of the scale.
Suspended 4th chords (sus) are chords where the 3rd is omitted. It is usually replaced with either a major 2nd (sus2), or a perfect fourth (sus4). Both chords have interesting qualities, with the perfect fourth more commonly used (sus4).
