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[Mrandrew]

I was messing around with this song by Pieces of A Dream (this is way beyond me for now), but anyway at the beginning of the song are these two chords, took awhile to figure out and then I looked them up they appear to be sus chords. I don't generally use these types of chords and if I did just never payed attention.

So how do you apply sus chords to your progression/playing and do you use them for quartal chord?

Eb/G-C-D-F-G  Gsus w/Eb bass
D/Gb-B-Db-E   F#7sus w/Db bass

[Bullitt]

IIRC I think sus chords can be used for a key change but I could be wrong...for example: I'd play the 5sus of my new key.

If I were in CMaj and wanted to go up to C#Maj I'd play an Absus just before going back to the 1 chord at the end of the turn around.

I hope that made sense lol...


-J

[T-Block]

You can use sus2 chords any time u play a major chord. Try these voicings:

Ab / Eb-Ab-Bb-Eb (Ab2)
Ab / Ab-Bb-Eb-Ab (Ab2)
C / Eb-Ab-Bb-Eb (Ab2/C or Abadd9/C)

[lilMsKiki]

I just got past the major, minor, augmented, dominant and diminished chords.  I asked my teacher about sus chords he told me we would talk about it next time.  I don't really understand suspended chords.  I have seen sus2 sus4 sus5 in music.  I'm cool with 9ths 11th and 13ths.  Any advice anyone?

[under13]

I think you use sus chords when you are gonna resolve to another note or chord...hard to explain...but when you hear it you'll understand.

[musallio]

All the answers are correct

(Funny coz I'm listening to "I never Shall Forget" by Paul Morton & I think , if I heard properly, the singers end in what sounds like a sus4 to me )

Sus chords really sound nice individually- even better when used in the "right places" (like any chord i guess!)

Under13 said they are used to resolve. An example of that is when you are ending a song [5-1]

in C major:

5: G/F-A-B-D  [GM9 or 5maj9]
1: C/F-G-C   [Csus4]   [over here you feel the "pull" towards a 1 major chord, but I normally like to defy that pull & sustain that chord instead ]

the pull would be towards something like this:

1: C/E-G-(B)-C


But as the other guys said- you will find that they fit nicely in other places as well.
I like the sus2 when playing the 4th note in a scale [say in a 1-4-5]

still in C:

1: C/F-A-C-E          [FM7 or FM7/ C in bass= 4 chord/1 bass]
#4: F#/E-G#-A#-C  [Passing- optional-  F#9b5]
4: F/C-E-G        [Fsus9  (which is really a 1 chord with a 4 bass)]
#4: F#/G#-C-E      [Passing- optional]
5: G/F-A-D         [Dm/G]

[Ok, I'll have to hear that, I'm just imagining the sound, so excuse errors.]


help, is this [ F#/G#-C-E]  a G#aug with F# bass or Caug with F# bass?