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Offline palmersheila

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« on: February 03, 2004, 11:10:16 PM »
Can anyone tell me how do I play the Esus chord on the organ? What notes make up the Esus chord?

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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2004, 07:37:26 AM »
Welcome palmersheila to the Learngospelmusic.com website.  I hope you enjoy yourself.  

A sus chord is made up of the 1 4 5 degree of the Major scales.  So for a Esus chord, that would be E A B.
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2004, 02:23:01 PM »
One way I think of sus chords (and alot of other chords) is in terms of polychords, i.e.  F/Db, G/Eb, etc.  A nice way of voicing sus chords and what I usually use to voice them is using this idea: I/bVII.  For I, you want to play the root chord but without the third, just the root and the fifith.  Ex.  just EB instead of EG#B.  For bVII, you want to play a major triad for the flatted seventh of whatever the chord is.  Ex. for an E chord, the bVII is D, therefore you will play a D major triad (you could add that major seven too if you want).  

So now for an Esus you get,

I/bVII
LH/RH
EB/DF#A

Or

EB/DF#AC#

Since you're on the organ, you can play around with some inversions will playing an E on the pedals.

BE/AC#DF#
DF#A/BDEA
F#B/EABD

You get the idea.  Sorry if these inversions sound funny, I'm not at a keyboard right now.  Just remember that the four (A) is what really makes this chord and you want to leave out the third (G#).  Adding the G# will change the sound and the chord will loose that sus sound.  Hope this helps.

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« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2004, 03:43:48 PM »
Good answers, Just wanted  to add that the "sus" means suspended . The nature of the 4th note creates tension and want's to resolve to the the third note to make the chord sound normal and release the tension
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