--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can any of the musicians here
> explain exactly what a sus
> chord is?
>
Sus is shorthand for "suspension". It is a harmonic
device where one note in a chord is held, while the
notes of another are played. This creates a
"dissonance" in the harmony, typically resolved by
lowering the suspended note to a "consonant" position
in the triad.
For example, a Dsus4 chord would be d-G-a-d ... the
"suspended" note is G (the 4th tone in the D Major
scale). The dissonance would be resolved by lowering
the "G" a halftone, to the standard D Major chord:
d-F#-a-d.
Don Rowe
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