Tag: suspended chords

Advanced Chord Lessons Part 1: Dsus4 and Dsus2

Suspended chords are great for creating chord riffs. Look through any of your favourite bands back catalogues and you’ll see suspended chords. The following lesson involves the Dsus4 and Dsus2 chords. Examples 1 and 2 use the Dsus4 and Dsus2 with the D major chord. Examples 3 and 4 use the Dsus4 and Dsus2 with […]

Open Chords: Dsus4

Suspended chords explained: In a major or minor chord we have 3 notes that give us the chord spelling. To create a suspended chord we need to replace the ‘3rd‘ in this case with the ‘4th‘. For more information read the rest at bottom of page. Open Chord: Dsus4   The box diagram below shows […]