[Dixielandjazz] Sus2 chords.

[Steve Barbone]

Gary Kiser <gary at kiser.org>

 
> A sus2 is the same as a sus4 on the V.  ex: a Csus2 is just a Gsus4.  If
> you want that 9th sound, just play a 9th chord.  Don't let the piano
> player's fingers get lazy on you.

Yessir. Thelonious Monk who used a lot of Sus2 chords, almost always
referred to them as a shorthand 9ths. But he wanted that particular sound in
his efforts to hit the 1 and 2 notes with different finger pressures so as
to create the illusion that he was bending a note and getting those "blue"
notes that horn players get on a tempered instrument. The note with the
lighter finger pressure would fade out before the other.

Cheers,
Steve