--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This interview was absolutely extraordinary. I
> could listen to Joni talk
> all day.
>
> http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/0102bc.cfm
>
> When my own music has been written out by others,
> I've seen that I also use a
> lot of sus chords. Can any of the musicians here
> explain exactly what a sus
> chord is?
>
There are more expert musicians and theory experts
here who could probably explain this better than I,
but a sus chord is a suspended chord - a suspended 2nd
or a suspended 4th added to the 1, 3, 5 of the regular
major or minor chord. It does provide a feeling of
suspense because you're in suspense as you wait for it
to resolve by moving back up (or down) to the 1-3-5
chord. I always think of it as kind of a breath in
(as you wait for the resolution) followed by the
"Ahhhh" of breath out (as the resolution is achieved.)
I am very fond of sus chords as well.
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