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Suspended Chords

Today we are going to talk about
suspended chords.

No these are not chords
that misbehaved in school.

Suspended chords are chords that have
no 3rd either major or minor.

What does that mean?

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Most chords as we know by now
are made from the 1st, 3rd and 5th
note of the scale.

A suspended chord moves the 3rd note
either down to the second or
up to the fourth.

The Chords are referred to as either

Sus 2  or  Sus 4.

But what is really happening?

Well by moving the 3rd closer
to either the Root (Sus  2)
or 5th (Sus 4) we get much more
conflict in the harmony.

Here  are some chord tab examples:

E|–0–3——–
B|–3–3–3–0–
G|–2–2–2–2–
D|–0–0–2–2–
A|——–0–0–
E|————–
—-1  2  3  4—-

#1 D Sus 2  D – A – D – E
#2 D Sus 4  D – G – D – G 
#3 A Sus 4  A – E – A – D
#4 A Sus 2  A – E – A – B

Play around with these chords
and hear the sounds.

Oh I almost forgot.

You can resolve these chords back
to the Major Triad or Minor Triad.

E|–0–2——–
B|–3–3–3–2–
G|–2–2–2–2–
D|–0–0–2–2–
A|——–0–0–
E|————–
—-1  2  3  4—-

#1 D Sus 2  D – A – D – E
#2 D Major  D – A – D – B 
#3 A Sus 4  A – E – A – D
#4 A Major  A – E – A – C#
Have fun and I will
have another Hot For Chords
Next Wednesday Afternoon!

Keep on pickin,

Andrew