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September 2, 2013 By Richie 4 Comments

Suspended second suspended fourth chord

A suspended second suspended fourth chord is composed using a root/1st, major 2nd, perfect 4th and a perfect 5th (or R/1-2-4-5) intervals played simultaneously. Generally written as Csus2sus4 or C(sus2sus4), it is good practice to simply use an uppercase C with a super scripted sus2sus4 to represent it in writing (ie: Csus2sus4).


Suspended second suspended fourth chord profile

Intervals root/1st, major 2nd, perfect 4th, perfect 5th or R/1-2-4-5
Stability Consonant, unresolved
Grouping class Tetrad
Common names (examples in C) Csus2sus4, C(sus2sus4)


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Audio sample(s)

C Suspended second suspended fourth chord voicing #2 http://guitar.ricmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/suspended-second-suspended-fourth-chord/c-suspended-second-suspended-fourth-chord-voicing-2.mp3




Filed Under: Guitar Chords, Suspended Chords

Comments

  1. MiskyWilkshake says

    August 29, 2014 at 3:56 pm

    Surely suspending two notes changes the function of the chord. Isn’t a Csus2sus4 really just a G7sus4 in first inversion?

    Reply
    • Richie Brereton says

      August 29, 2014 at 7:04 pm

      Howdy, it would depend what key you were writing in as to whether it would be called Csus2sus4 or an inversion of a G7sus4 chord. cheers, Richie

      Reply
      • Rob Young says

        July 28, 2020 at 2:15 am

        Couldn’t you write that as a Csus4add9?

        Reply
        • Richie says

          July 30, 2020 at 12:54 am

          Hi Rob, it depends which octave you’re adding the 2nd. If it’s from the same octave of the root then it’s a Sus2Sus4, but if you’re adding the second from the next higher octave then you’d call it a Sus4Add9.

          cheers
          Rich

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