Suspended Chords: The Basics + How To Write with Sus2 and Sus4 (Part 1 of 2)
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This is part one of a two part class on suspended chords. We go through the fundamentals of sus2 and sus4 chords, how they are built, how they fit into our keys, and some insight into how we can write music with them. In the next video, we’re going to “break the rules” and suffer the conseqeunces. We’ll also look at other ways of utilizing sus chords, and also explore things that are related to sus chords, like add9 chords.
To properly understand this video, you should first know about the major scale and scale degrees: • Learn Scale Degrees- M...
And also how to write chords in major keys: • How To Write Chord Pro...
Thanks to my friend Jeff Schwertfeger AKA BeardStank again for helping me with this one. It always sounds way nicer to have real drums on these tracks when possible. It takes a lot more time to record and produce and mix real drums but it’s good practice and it’s fun work.
One nugget of info that I forgot to include in these videos- if you play a sus2 chord in 2nd inversion, it now has the structure of a sus4 chord. Likewise, if you play a sus4 chord in 1st in version, it has the structure of a sus2.
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Table of Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:16 Suspended Triads
02:41 Embellishing Your Tonic
03:36 Visualizing Suspended Chords
06:56 Writing With Suspended Chords
08:43 More Writing With Suspended Chords
11:15 Wrapping Up
![Sus Chords Pt 2: Advanced Chord Concepts and Suspended Variations [CHORDS + MUSIC THEORY]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pnD6rF1gqpQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![Sus Chords Pt 2: Advanced Chord Concepts and Suspended Variations [CHORDS + MUSIC THEORY]](/img/tr.png)
![How To Write Progressions using min7, maj7, and Dominant 7th chords [Songwriting - Music Theory]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3JizNRwHYNY/mqdefault.jpg)
![Writing Progressions with Borrowed Chords: Songwriting Lesson [MUSIC THEORY - MODAL INTERCHANGE]](/img/n.gif)
Even if you know the basics, make sure you stick around till the end of this video to see some sus chord flexibility! Also you'll see a freak video editing glitch that I'm leaviing in. I really don't want to re-render and re-upload this video as ugly as it is, It's just a huge pain to do that and means I wouldn't be able to repost this video till tomorrow, so enjoy the huge ugly error :)
the glitchness added to the lydian weird style...i dig it
I'm a drummer and all your words make me feel really stupid, but when I hear the examples, I get it. It's making it easier to communicate with my bass player on how we can make changes to spice up what we are working on. I know sus ment suspended, but didnt know how to get there and now I do. Thanks for all the videos my man they're much appreciated.
Keep up the good work, Jake-and thanks for your blend of accessibility, utility, and humor!
What!? You published something less than perfect? Horse shit.
The PhrygianSus2 chord sounds so damn dissonant and evil. And it's kinda fun to play around with in my opinion.
Can't wait for the second video. :)
This channel is “indisputably “ the best music/ guitar theory channel on TH-cam. Rick Beato is awesome, but to me, Jakes lessons are easier to grasp. Thanks for another superb lesson!
You mean indisputably*
Arthur Cole indisputably it is!
@Verty Any basic theory book will do. I've never owned the Beato Book, and have no issues following him.
100 percent agree.
I love Rick’s video series where he breaks down “What makes this some great” as well as his insight on the music industry, but his channel is not really a teaching class. Jake breaks it down and teaches it for anyone. Btw... buy his poster. It makes you feel musically smarter. 🤣Worth it!🤩
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Trying to add vibrato to a keyboard. That's how you know your brain thinks in guitar terms.
Using what's called aftertouch. My 200 Euro Keylab 61 doesn't have it.
If you press ANYTHING strong enough, it will get vibrato'ed. Even a mayonnaise.
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Let's be honest. Every guitarist does it.
Hahaha I do this all the time on the piano and I don't even play guitar
One thing I love about your lessons is how you change keys. I can't stand any more lessons in C major and A minor.
Thank you, yes!
Many guitar teachers, unfortunately, start teaching in just one scale, and have you capo to other keys.
TRUUUUU and he doesn’t stay in the same key for examples. He can sometimes enter a new key when he brings on a different example
(As a piano player, I adore lessons in C and Am.)
Other places spoke of a Natural Second and a Perfect Fourth. It relaxed me to hear them both called Natural (one fewer term to figure out.)
This lesson in A major xD .
I have gone from knowing zero theory and actually thought it was something beyond me until I discovered Jakes channel.
I now have a small handle on some of it and owe this man bigtime
Thanks so much I am truly grateful.
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Asus2 is the opening chord for the Tristram theme from Diablo. Instant nostalgia flashbacks when you strummed that.
Also in "behind blue eyes"
I was hearing Jagged Little Pill more than once.
Stay awhile and listen
Radiohead use it quite often, and so did Jeff buckley.
I posted almost the same thing without looking at the comments. Every time he hits it and lets it hang out... ah...
Everyone asking “what is the vii chord” but not “how is the vii chord”
This is a clear, concise, bite sized explanation of sus2 and sus4 chords. Adding examples of their uses, icing on the cake. Good lesson!
you have done what my University teachers did in a semester worth of work within a 12-minute video thankyou
The wigs, glasses, and froggytoad are great! You really nailed their application for the minor variation, too!
I love how you treat modes with casualty on your videos. It really shows how it's just something else about music, and not "something the average dude doesn't do". I just composed my very first piece using the knowledge from your videos and it ended up being Lydian. I didn't choose it, but once I realized what I was going for, everything became much easier.
How you break things down so simply really helps. Things that seemed hard or confusing, make total sense with your videos. You're killing it. Great layout for videos, quick and to the point. You rock dude
That Lydian is just Dream Theatre incarnate. Jake you're amazing
Perfect timing: I was just this morning fiddling with inserting sus chords into a progression I've been working on, for some of that serene shimmer. Let me add my voice to the chorus of praise, Jake. I've been playing for 30 years, learnt a fair bit of theory in that time, but nothing and nobody makes it all hang together with with such simple clarity as you do. Great stuff.
Same dude the phone is always listening to us 🤯👀
Really excellent. What others complicate this man makes absolutely straight forward and concise. This to me is a real skill. And admirable.
Thank you to Signals Music Studio! 🙂
I love having something i have heard all my life being explained with music theory, so i can understand it and apply it where ever I want. Thank you truly so much!!! Those who don't know theory, don't know what they don't know!!!
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Seeing these things with the tables that you make really help me visualise everything, thank you for doing what you're doing
Dude you made me smile and jump up to show my wife when you said they sound "gospely and Churchy", because when I tell people Dimebag not only favored these "gospel" chords but wrote one of the greatest solos in all of rock history in Floods. That song was my intro to suspended chords and months and months (and months) of trying to teach myself something so complex where simply memorizing fret numbers blew up in my face. Back to square 1 it was lol
Oh man !! you made that "sus chords" lesson so easy and quick to understand. Music is a skill, but pedagogy is an other one and you have it all.
cheers from Paris/France.
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I always feel like getting back to creating some new music after watching your videos. Such clear explanations and fun to watch. Thank you for posting
Yet another superb video that simplifies the seemingly complicated.
God I love that Lydian Version…
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You really teach and play beautifully!!! Clear and understandable and when you play it out...your bring together with a full band sound that sounds professional with HIT QUALITY.
THANK YOU for your incredible presentations!!!
How phenomenal. I have watched a couple of your videos and I am truly amazed at your comprehension and your ability to quickly compute what fits and doesn't fit in major and minor keys.
Thank you for helping us. It is awesome of people like you to help us make sense of what otherwise would be impossible to piece together.
One of the songs I've written, "Across the Field of Glass", makes heavy usage of suspended chords in the verses, and I think of it every time I hear an Asus2 chord now. It's really like you said- it has this fragile, shimmering sound, so weightless and vulnerable. Suspended chords are really beautiful and I think people should use them more!
Your videos are really helping me. I've been studying music theory for a long time, but you do a great job at explaining, giving familiar examples of where we may have heard these things, and then practical application of what you're teaching. Great job and thank you!
This is phenomenal. I've been a musician for years and even though this is all stuff I "know" per se, the way its presented here really opens my eyes to how I can more effectively use concepts like this in my own songwriting. Really well done, thank you!
This may be the very best music instruction video I have ever watched in my entire life. THANK YOU AGAIN, JAKE!
The most specific and comprehensive chords tutorials🙌 help A LOT!!
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I have really grow to love his videos. His delivery is quick and clean. Thanks much!!!!
When the chord is sus!!! 😳😳
Overused
I was truly waiting for a video about sus chords. I learn a lot from every of your videos. Thanks a lot
Great work Jake!
i can't get over the fact by how good of a teacher you are. i struggled with any theory no matter the lessons and after i found your channel i've learnt so much already. Thanks :)
Right up there with all the other comments rooting for you. I really get the ideas at the pace you introduce them. This is tutorials done right. Bravo and thanks.
I barely noticed the glitch, or the changes because I watched you two singers' antics. I love you guys, thanks to all who make this happen! You're all awesome!
Hi Jake, i've been watching a lot of your videos lately.... And it's helping me sooooooo much about the basics. I've skipped a lot and now i'm here. watching, learning and applying the basics. Thanks for your channel!
Mr Lizzio, I was in dire need of this. Subbing to you was one of the only good decisions I've made in my life! :D
Jake, I freaking love our videos, your becoming my favorite TH-cam music teacher! You make great compositions
2:33 OMG I HAVE THAT SAME STUFFED SNAKE
(by the way I love your lessons Jake)
The thing I like most about suspended chords is that sus2 chords are just inverted sus4 chords. So you can do a smooth key change with something like A-minor -> Asus2 -> Esus4 -> E-major.
This comment is underrated
I’m trying to get my mind around this comment
I get it. The sus2 in A is an inversion of the sus4 in E !
This should be the top comment
The content on this channel is incredible. Amazing this is all free. Great, great job Jake.
Every single video I watch from you completely blows my mind you are a godsent
The switch to the Minor and the Lydian in that song there is incredible.
Another great video Jake! You are one of the best instructors on TH-cam! Thank you!
Thanks for making these videos, it's always well explained and inspiring. You and Paul Davids helped me regain interest in playing guitar after stagnating for quite a while.
What an amazing teacher you are!!!Thanks and Greetings from Greece.
Lizzio is king,I'm 54 yrs old, finally learning the right way while having the most fun ever with revisting my disorganized originals. Making steady progress
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Hats off for you qualities as a presenter and a teacher. Your videos are not only super clear, but super relevent and full of practical applications and handy suggestions. Plus, I love your fake-hits compositions.
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watching every video of you.. for me it is by this time the best channel on the whole platform honestly:) thank you!
My go-to channel for learning guitar. Tnx bro, you're the best.
This dude has the best lessons fr lol. Excellent work! Love watching your videos! Thanks for sharing! Your effort in your lessons shows your passion for music and teaching, and I find that remarkably endearing and respectable. From all the student musicians out there, thank you!
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Man, I love how you guys can get crazy tongue and cheek. But to be sure, YOU are the man for great and useful theory content for me!
Nice, nice tut! Your exemplification of the sequence of chords very artistic and convincing.
This was a brilliant presentation. It is the knowledge of musical context that makes it special. This stuff is applicable to many forms of music...
Great stuff Jake. This, and your other video’s help me so much develop in my song writing. My next song will surely start on a Sus2.
You make it clear Jale and much more, as usual !!!!! Thank you.
This channel blows me away. For someone like me that knows the bare minimum when it comes to music theory, Jake makes everything so easy to understand.
Explained in such a crystal clear way thanks to what you did on the right side of the screen. Thanks a lot!
I'd like to thank you for all this amazing content. I just started writing short songs and you're really putting everything I tried to put in my music by ear, into words and theory. By the way I am here thanks to Adam Neely's mention of your bro country video.
This just makes a lot of sense. Thanks for relieving me from long hour of tutorials on TH-cam with ur 12 minute video
Many many thanks for Your lessons. They are incredibly revealing, well thought out and very enjoyable. Your tutorials are for me the best I can find in the web.
What a GREAT vid! Love the way you covered the basic theory but also how to use it. Clear and helpful. Done so well. 👍👏
I think your the best guitar teacher I've ever had or watched. Thank you for spending your time doing this 🎸🤘
Great, from now on sus2 and sus4 make sense, and so much more ! Thank you so much Jake.
You are the best teacher. This video needs more views.
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Thank you for your videos! You know the definition of TEACHING. Self explanatory videos, good attitude, humble and talented! I hope i can buy my first electric guitar this year and learn from your videos. I still learn so much about music theory even not having a guitar. Thank you!
Your work is profoundly appreciated!
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Thanks for all the great videos. And you explain so great, and easily.
thank you for these videos! i'm a beginner in music theory and the way you explain it is very simple, with all the notations on the screen is so easy to follow!!! also love the intros!!
Awesome to come home from work to. I love your chord videos. I was wondering if a suspended chord video would drop and here it is.
Wow Jake. I love, really love your videos. Although I know about the sus chords, I find inspiration for teaching them. You are a great guy. Cheers from Germany.
Great lesson! And this 10:52 melody in Lydian mode is just awesome!
IMHO you've got the best lesson channel on TH-cam !! Hands down !! I totally understand all these concepts but never really "got it" , in the aspect of application to make my original ideas "spicier" !! Or , I was applying the concepts correctly but didn't really know why it was right ... I just knew it sounded good !! LOL thanks , Jake !!
dude, not only Jake knows a fucking lot of music theory but has the amazing talent to explain it and make it sound as clear as water! Hands down the best online teacher (y)
Literally was looking thru your channel last week for sus chords.. Also just ordered the modal poster!!
Simply great stuff as ive come to expect from you.. and great production too.
Man, you have a gift for teaching. Straight to the point, easy references and practical applications. Damn!
Excellent work, once again. You are the best guitar teacher on TH-cam.
Thanks. Probably your best video so far.
Just found your channel - and your theory lessons are terrific. I know you are working on a rhythm course and I look forward to investing in it when it comes out. Thank you from all those you've helped be better versions of themselves!
Man, you’re a great teacher. Congratularions! Shared on Facebook!
All your videos are inspiring. Can't wait for the next one.
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Now became my favorite youtube channel!
Definitely!! Great, great !
I swear these videos always come at the best times. Thanks a ton