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Suspended chords

Suspended chords

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Suspended chords

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- Alright, and now for suspended chords. I love the sound of this type of chord. There are two different suspended chords that I'm going to show you. First of all, let's look at how a typical major chord is created. (guitar chord playing) This is C major, and the notes are C, E, G, which is the root, third and fifth of the scale. (guitar chord playing) A sus IV chord, a suspended fourth, means that it's root fourth fifth. (guitar chord playing) And a sus two means that it's root second fifth. (guitar chord playing) Now these can be played either totally out of context, but usually they are played resolving to a major chord. So you've probably heard this many times where it's like... (guitar playing) Okay, so that's like a suspension and then the resolution, but these days a lot of times you'll just hear a suspended chord as its own isolated tonality. So let's check out some common suspended chords. Here in C you have... (guitar chord playing) Then here's a sus four. (guitar chord…

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