All About Suspended Chords

Music Theory Quadad Chord Theory (4 Note Chords)
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Sus Chords are awesome - they have a really cool sound and are useful for chord embellishments.


View the full lesson at All About Suspended Chords | JustinGuitar

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“Hotel Supramonte” uses sus chords all over the song, a great piece from the Italian songwriter Fabrizio De André

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“Behind Blue Eyes” by the Who is another good one…

Esus4, Dsus4, and Gsus4

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I saw someone on YouTube post a chord as part of a progression as follows

Gm7sus4

I saw another description of the same progression as this;

Gm7add11

same thing, different way of describing??

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I don’t think they are the same thing as sus chords have the 2nd or 4th degree instead of the 3rd, whereas add chords can have the 3rd.

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Ok. I see what you mean. Thx!

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Spot on @Jozsef
If there is no 3rd but there is a 2 or 4 then the name will include the sus part.
Sus is an abbreviation of suspended. The chord quality type (major or minor) is suspended, the lack of a 3rd means its character is unknown.

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