Suspended Chord

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Course: 5 String Bass
Suspended Chord

Suspended Chord

 

The suspended chord (sometimes called a suspended 4th chord) is constructed from the major scale using the first (1), fourth (4) and fifth (5)notes of the scale. The symbol for a suspended chord is the letters sus (or sus4), placed after the letter name of the chord. The suspended chord is a major chord with the fourth substituted for the third.

For example, the F suspended (Fsus) is based upon the notes of the F major scale.

F Major Scale

F Suspended Arpeggio Pattern

Bb Suspended Arpeggio Pattern

C Suspended Arpeggio Pattern

Example 63 incorporates the suspended chord as outlined on the previous page.

F Suspended Arpeggio Over Two Octaves

Example 64 uses the F suspended arpeggio over two octaves ascending and descending.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Chords Symbols 3- Scales And Key Signatures 4- Music Theory 5- Notes on Bass Fretboard 6- Basic Technique, Basic Riffs, Chords, Scales and Progressions 7- Play Position 8- Appendices 9- Major Sixth Chord 10- Advanced Chords, Scales and Progressions 11- Using a Metronome 12- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com 13- Interval Chart 14- Major Seventh Chord 15- The Right Hand 16- Music Notation 17- Tuning Your Bass 18- The Left Hand 19- Dominant Seventh Chord 20- Open String Right Hand Exercise 21- Minor Sixth Chord 22- Notes 23- Notation 24- Riffs, Major chords, Arpeggios 25- Minor Seventh Chord 26- Fretboard Diagram 27- Note and Rest Values 28- Minor Seven Flat Five Chord 29- Time Signatures 30- Open String Notes 31- 12 Bar Blues 32- The Major Scale 33- Different Tuning of the Bass 34- Diminished Seventh 35- Symbols and Abbreviations 36- Augmented Chord 37- The Minor Scale 38- Suspended Chord 39- Major Pentatonic Scale 40- Minor Pentatonic Scale

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