What does it mean when the word SUS is next to a chord?

[Rosannasfriend]

wow. Thanks for this. I have run into "Sus" before and never found any book that explained it. Thank you, I am teaching myself music and it took me three years to find this out, lol. I wasn't at a level where I was ready for your vids and now I am.

[officaofficaoffica]

im lost

[Rosannasfriend]

@officaofficaoffica why?

[acdcacdc111]

Great video thanks!!

[sontaylp]

@giggeringer The 7th of a D maj. is C#, but a D7 isnt a Dmaj7 its a dominant 7th which has a flat 7.

[giggeringer]

the 7 of a D Major scale is C# , so why in D7 chord the 7 is C?

[HatsDownProductions]

i have a few questions and i hope you can help me man. number one, what is a triad? two, what do i need to know for this to make more sense? sounds like i need to know ALL my scales from A to G?

[norly4God4People]

aha! all along i thought SUS means sustain! thnx andrew. God bless..

[ChristophersonBurn]

I like this. Well explained.

[RandomUser990]

What is an A? A Perfect 5th? Because it is the first to be considered, the bass sound for me.

[ThePredster]

whats the sound quality of a sus chord?

[ignaci0bosch]

why do you put a flat in the third when in Dminor the third is natural?

[Hiipatch3]

cause the third of Dm is flat

the code is 1 3 5 for major

and 1 b3 5 for a minor chord

because theres 2 sharps in the key of d the maj3 of d is f#

so in Dm the b3 would be F natural :D

[oregonskateok]

@Hiipatch3 Its not flat, its minor. Flat third is misleading, as in D minor the third is F natural. If you study theory at a university you won't hear an instructor saying flat anything really, they all have actual names. and there is no 1, its called the root.

[poppyseller1]

@ignaci0bosch To all of you goobers who keep asking why he flatted the 3rd instead of calling it F natural..... well gee lets see its cause the chord started out major till he flatted the 3rd . The chord wasnt a D minor chord , it was a D major with a lesson on adding suspensions. If your going to pretend to know everything then at least listen to the lesson

[Draugoth]

Very informative. If you could hear me watching the video, you'd hear alot of "Ah, so that what that is." I always thought sus chords meant something in the basic chord was not played.

[brujithaz]

lol now i get ... kuz i alwayz wonder why sometimez it was SUS2 and SUS4 [=

thankz a lot ^^

[progbean]

its a fourth voicing in the key of F (imo)

a true "sus" chord is a dominant chord with Four but without a third

[progbean]

with resepct a suspended chord MUST have ROOT FOURTH and SEVEN, otherwise its a fourth voicing. not a sus chord.

[progbean]

with respect (imo) a sus chord is ONLY valid over a dominant chord without a third. otherwise its a FOURTH voicing of a major or minor chord. D. E. A. could be a fourth voicing in the key of F.

[allof8death]

so to make it minor just lower the 3 6 7?

[creativeguitarstudio]

Hello allof8death,

A sus chord is "suspended" from being either major or minor. It has no quality. The 3rd degree creates the Major or Minor quality of a chord. Once removed and replaced with a 4 or a 2 the new chord is simply now called "Suspended."

Hope this answers your question, if not, post again!

- Andrew W.

[allof8death]

that piece of info helped to but to make a major scale to a minor just lower the 3, 6, 7?

[creativeguitarstudio]

Yes... The degrees of a minor scale are:

1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7, 8

- Andrew

[stratocasterfan94]

how about a A/D# chord?

[cfanto]

stratocasterfan94,

I believe an A/D# chord is basically an A chord but with a D# as a bass note added...

[Danklin24]

I love you man!!! Seriously no one out there has taken the time to explain to me what sus and add means and this is the first time i actually get it and its not that difficult to understand. Thank you so very much.

[fatthach5]

I greatly appreciate your lesson

you cleared up numerous questions i had in just 6 minutes

thank you, Mr. Wasson

[NolBC]

Your videos are very informative, keep it coming!

i have a question:

I know all the major chords even the # and b ones. Knowing these, how could I figure out the other chords like the minor ones, etc... Is there an easy method, because memorizing all these chords is so hard...

by the way, do you have any info on what happened with Satriani/Coldplay thing?

Thanks. I'm subbed to u with all my 3 accounts.

[GuitarMarlon]

I am interested in this as well. Would be great if you would make a video talking about chords and how you make minor chords out of them ;-)

[marlonmisra]

+1. Please make a video about what these guys said

[creativeguitarstudio]

Chords are built using, "construction formulas."

For Example: The Triad Formulas are...

1, 3, 5, = Major

1, b3, 5 = Minor (lower the third)

1, 3, #5 = Augmented

1, b3, b5 = Diminished

Hope this helps!

~ Andrew Wasson

[NolBC]

thanks for the help. can you please give an exapmle for say the c major chord?

[JulienCH]

C major scale is:

C D E F G A B

You take the 1st, the 3rd, and the 5th

Which gives you C E G

[NolBC]

thx

[HugoDesMusic]

I love your videos!!!

[pspsean]

this is great