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Suspended

symbols, sound and when to use them

A suspended chord swaps the third for a second (sus2) or a fourth (sus4), leaving the sound open, neither major nor minor. It builds expectation and tends to resolve to the triad, a constant in pop, rock and rhythm playing.

Symbols in this family · 6 qualities

Every symbol opens that chord’s own page: what it is, how it sounds, when to use it and its diagram on all four instruments.

Csus2Csus4Csus2sus4C7sus4C7sus2C9sus4

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