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It’s All In How You Look At It (Sus4 and Sus2 chords)

by Jermaine Griggs · 2 comments

in Chords & Progressions

Wayne Dyer said: “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

It’s true in music too. Quite literally.

Take, for example, suspended chords.

If you ever see a suspended 4 chord (or “sus4″), it simply means to play the fourth instead of the third in a major chord.

A Quick & Easy Way To Play Suspended Chords

by Jermaine Griggs · 11 comments

in Chords & Progressions,Experienced players,Piano

In a post last week, I talked about quartal chords — which are chords built off fourth intervals.

But here’s an interesting discovery with quartal chords. They are actually inverted suspended chords. Yup, suspended chords! Here’s why…

How small changes to chords can lead to HUGE results!

by Jermaine Griggs · 10 comments

in Playing songs

Today’s post is going to be very exciting because we’re going to finish off our ballad we started a few days ago.

If you remember, we started playing this ballad with just TWO chords. Then it turned into a few more. Yesterday, we actually added a turnaround chord progression. Today, we’re adding seventh chords and even a suspended chord. Check it out…