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Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 7 2011, 11:29 AM

How often do you guys use these and, most of all, do you like their sound? I am pretty fond of their properties and I use them a lot, as they bring a sort of spacy feeling to songs

What do you think?

Posted by: MickeM Jun 7 2011, 11:35 AM

I feel and am stupid but what is a suspended chord???

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 7 2011, 11:46 AM

Suspended chords are chords which usually have no 3rd

You must've heard of Asus2 or Asus4 for instance

sus2 chords, have the following structure: tonic, second, fifth (1 2 5) in the case of Asus2 the notes would be A B E
sus4 - tonic, fourth, fifth - > in the case of Asus4, the notes would be A D E

So there's no third

for a little joke: do you guys know which is the holy chord ?

Gsus )))))

Posted by: dark dude Jun 7 2011, 01:36 PM

I died a little inside when I read this, haha

I rarely use suspended chords.

Posted by: Stephane Lucarelli Jun 7 2011, 01:47 PM

I love how suspended chords sounds!
It's also interesting to use sus2 & sus4 Arpeggios during the solos!

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 7 2011, 01:49 PM

Yeeess Stephane, you just reminded me of how nice they sound I think I'll recap them a little, since I haven't done anything with suspended arpeggios in some time - I especially like the dominant 7th sus4 forms

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jun 7 2011, 02:53 PM

I use them a lot in my songs. The sus2 is one of my favourite chords, I use it every time that I can.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 8 2011, 09:46 AM

Another silly joke regarding suspended chords would be

'Q: What's the programmer's favorite chord?
A: Asus'

Posted by: AK Rich Oct 15 2011, 02:56 AM

Hey Stephane do you have any examples of sus2 & sus4 arpeggios or maybe point me to a lesson that does?

Posted by: jstcrsn Oct 15 2011, 03:28 AM

I use them whenevr I can
usually I will hit th power chord and while I try to keep as many of those notes ringing , I will try to pick the suspended notes
I think it really adds flavor

Posted by: zoom Oct 15 2011, 05:32 AM

I use them all the time on the acoustic they sound really nice!

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Oct 16 2011, 05:09 PM

hey mate! you can just play your usual major and minor arpeggio forms and implement a 4th (11th) or 2nd (9th) here and there.

I never figured out fixed positions just because I didn't want to play them as patterns, so each time I wanted to add such a color, I would just incorporate the necessary notes in the arpeggio I was playing.

For instance when you play a G major arpeggio, add the A (second) and C (fourth) and you will end up with some very interesting arpeggio forms explore a lot and don't stop at the first position you encounter! Think of these notes as 'arpeggio boosting devices' so, add them on your arpeggios instead of trying to find positions which incorporate them. Hope it makes sense!