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Gospel Instruments => Organ Room => Topic started by: palmersheila on February 03, 2004, 11:10:16 PM
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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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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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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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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