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

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Q: What does it mean when the word SUS is next to a chord?
~ Evan

An instructional video with Andrew Wasson from Creative Guitar Studio on how to understand the theory behind suspended chords.

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[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

[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.

[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

[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 ;-)

[Rosannasfriend]

@officaofficaoffica why?

[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

[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..

[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

[ChristophersonBurn]

I like this. Well explained.