On 25 Apr 2005, at 3:30 PM, Jacki Barineau wrote:
on 4/25/05 1:01 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
* Some guy I knew at NEC wrote a tune called "What a Friend We Have in Gsus".
Oh how funny!! :)
Thanks for the explanations, everyone - I think I get it now! Basically, if
a chord has the root, third, and fifth and then an additional note - it's an
"add X"... If it's missing the 3rd and has the 4th - it's a sus or sus4.
If it's missing the 3rd and has the 2nd it's a sus2...
Is that about it?!
That's about it as far as the NY players go (and the pop music publishing market as well) -- but as you can see, you've opened a bit of a can of worms here, and, uh, opinions on this list differ.
Personally, I would stick with the above unless the composer objects.
A nonstandard, but reasonable compromise solution would be to write "G5 (add2)" instead of "Gsus2". I've never actually seen the former -- in fact, I may have just invented it! -- but in some circles, it might be preferable to "Gsus2."
I just want to emphasize, though, that the use of "Gsus2" to mean G A D is VERY widespread and VERY standard in pop publications. Open up pretty much any anthology of moderately sophisticated keyboard-based pop music, and you will see it all over the place.
Cheers,
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
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