[Dixielandjazz] the suspended chord

[Tom Belmessieri]

Hi Bill,

That may be true, but it's also written into music as a passing chord with 
no 7th.  If you include the 7th, then it could probably be written as an 
11th rather than a suspended chord.

Tom B.

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>From: billsharp <sharp-b at clearwire.net>
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] the suspended chord
>Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:33:34 -0700
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>In reply to Tom Bellameserri's definition of  "Csus", where he said
>
>   "Actually, the suspended notation refers to suspending or raising of
>the
>third by 1/2 step to a fourth, not adding a fourth to the triad.  So a
>"C
>sus" would be C-F-G."  , ,
>	,the third is not raised a half step.  It is instead actually replaced
>by the 4th note of the scale for that chord, then dropped 1/2 step down
>to the third if/when the chord is resolved.  ( Sorry Tom, I know that
>I'm just making this a ridiculous  "toe-may-toe",  "tow-mah-tow"
>argument)   Most commonly the flat 7 is also a member of the chord.
>The use of this suspension is quite commonly heard at he very end of
>Hymns, when they attach 2 bars of amen (Also . . . .amen = a phrase
>commonly used by women)
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