5 Apr 2005, at 2:45 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
Darcy James Argue / 05.4.25 / 02:32 PM wrote:
In pop music, Gsus2 (i.e., G A D) is a very common chord, especially for keyboard players. G A C D is used _much_ less frequently, and requires a different chord symbol -- usually "Gsus (add2)".
Sorry to be dense, but where is the suspended resolution in such chord as
Gsus2?
Hiro,
For some reason, you're all hung up on this idea of a "suspended resolution." But the "suspended resolution" in "sus" chords is just a legacy thing, a holdover from older terminology. After all, the C in "Gsus4" doesn't have to resolve anywhere. You can stay on Gsus4 all day long, if you like, or move to a different chord without the C *ever* resolving. In pop music, the V chord is _very_ frequently a sus4 chord. So Gsus4 often goes straight to C, and the "suspended" voice doesn't move at all. It's still "Gsus4" even if the C doesn't ever resolve down to a B.
So nowadays, "sus" just means "the third is omitted, and replaced by scale tone X." In "Gsus4" (or just "Gsus") the third is replaced by the fourth. In "Gsus2," the third is omitted and replaced by the second.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
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