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Topic: sustained (SUS) on E9th. |
Roy Dick
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Posted 1 Mar 2016 9:52 am |
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I think this might be a chord I have ben looking for but this okie brain can't make it happen. Help. I know it has been discussed before but don't know where.
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 1 Mar 2016 10:00 am
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| Sus= suspended chord. As in sus4 or sus2 etc. One example that is used a lot is a suspended 4th or sus4. No pedals, major strings, bend in the B pedal raising the G# to A. Raised the 3rd of the chord to a 4th. Sometimes temporary in and out. |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2016 10:13 am
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Csus: 8th fret, B pedal
Also, if you have pedals down at 3rd fret, lower your 2nd string to D and play it instead of the 5th string.
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 1 Mar 2016 10:48 am
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Csus, 1st fret: strings 1,4,5,7,8,10 (the major is the flatted Es)
11th fret: 1,3,5A,6,7,10A (the major is the AF position)
If you drop 2 and 9 to C#, 6th fret: 1,2bb,5,7,9bb,10 (the major is the X lever)
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 1 Mar 2016 11:29 am
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I use the sus2 as much or more than the sus4. Great passing chord going from a 1 (pedals down) to a 4 (2 frets down, no pedals).
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 1 Mar 2016 11:36 am
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Sus2 is a sus4 a 4th down: that is to say that the Csus4 is Fsus2. Same chord, different name and use.
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Tommi Toijonen
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Kouvola, Finland
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Posted 1 Mar 2016 12:57 pm
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| Lane Gray wrote: |
| Sus2 is a sus4 a 4th down: that is to say that the Csus4 is Fsus4. Same chord, different name and use. |
You mean Fsus2. |
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Dave Meis
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Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2016 10:57 pm
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A 'suspended' chord has NO 3rd tone, so it never establishes itself as 'maj.' or 'min.', thus it is 'suspended'.. or maybe I don't understand the question.  |
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Pat Chong
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New Mexico, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2016 2:02 am
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Dave is right, though I might try to clarify a little more. A major chord is made of the first, third and fifth notes of the scale. A suspended chord does not have the third note, but either adds the second note Xsus2, or the 4th note Xsus4. For example, C+E+G=Cmaj. C+D+G=Csus2 and C+F+G=Csus4. If I understand correctly, there are no other "sus" chords (only sus2 and sus4). Hope this helps.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2016 8:32 am
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The difference between Csus4 and Fsus2 is the bass note. I often hear a sus4 used on the V chord - Gsus4 in the key of C, for example. The sus2 is more commonly heard on the IV chord.
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John Sluszny
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Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 2 Mar 2016 11:08 am
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| When I write chord charts,I drop the "sus" and write C4,F2,G#4,etc... |
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Roy Dick
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Tahlequah okla. USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2016 3:18 pm sustained (SUS) on E9th.
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wow. much valuable info. thanks everybody. gonna go try these things. I have a feeling this is going to open something new and exciting.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 2 Mar 2016 3:25 pm
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| John Sluszny wrote: |
| When I write chord charts,I drop the "sus" and write C4,F2,G#4,etc... |
To me, C4 conveys a C with an F above it and nothing else, but I suppose as long as everyone knows you mean a suspension.... I admit that "Csus4" takes up a lot of space and I'm surprised no abbreviation has evolved (like replacing maj7 with a triangle, or + & o for aug & dim).
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John Sluszny
From:
Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 2 Mar 2016 4:29 pm
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Yes Ian,how about C4' or Cs4 or C4s ?  |
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 3 Mar 2016 2:25 pm
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| NOW I've got it sussed out! |
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Tommi Toijonen
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Kouvola, Finland
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 2:30 am
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| Dave Meis wrote: |
| A 'suspended' chord has NO 3rd tone, so it never establishes itself as 'maj.' or 'min.', thus it is 'suspended'.. or maybe I don't understand the question. |
It's pretty unmusical to add major third to a sus4 but added with sus2 you get a nice add9 chord.
Quite a lot of pop riffs made are with sus2 - sus4 changes. I feel a whole lot better by The Byrds comes to mind... but I guess it would ve easy to name 20 more. |
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