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@adb012

Жыл бұрын

David, I would have loved that your 100% sus song hadn't end in a fade out. I would have loved to see a creative way to finally resolve the melody and harmony bringing closure to the song... al in sus chords.

@sophiebride-gq8fn

11 ай бұрын

There is the Sus2 for example The Show Must Go On by the Queen in Bmin ? It's BminSus2 or F#majSus2.

I pay my respect to David for his willpower, as he hasn't broken down from his narration style a single time while talking about sus chords for the entirety of this video.

@galenstad-guy

Жыл бұрын

i don't think he knows what sus means *_amogus_*

@polibix

Жыл бұрын

@@galenstad-guy he referenced it in another video so he does

@SilentAttackTV

Жыл бұрын

maybe because it was funny in 2019 and we're in 2022

@catzenbeurg

Жыл бұрын

@@SilentAttackTV I dunno, I still shiver every time I hear "sus" in a formal situation

@twhylerm

Жыл бұрын

@@SilentAttackTV still tho… you can’t help but think

It's honestly kind of surreal watching an entire video about sus chords after 2021 without making a single amogus reference. Makes me nostalgic for a simpler time

@riddellgalbraith9897

Жыл бұрын

seeing absolutely no among us references in this comment section is very soothing to the soul

@t.p6791

Жыл бұрын

I totally forgot this existed while I was watching it haha

@windwaker01

Жыл бұрын

That's two years ago, what's there to be nostalgic for 😂

Using both sus2 and sus4 is extremely common as a guitar player, especially noodling around an open D or A chord, because it's easy and always sounds great. Kickapoo is a pretty clear example that immediately comes to mind

@victorwilburn8588

Жыл бұрын

I saw a Beck concert long ago where he called the little sus flourish on the D chord the "pinky of freedom". If anything, it's even easier on piano, just move that third one key to the left or right.

@mooseyard

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been doing this a lot since figuring out this technique a few years ago … to the point where, when I pick up a guitar, my fingers automatically fall into an Asus2 shape. A lot of my improvisation is modal stuff in Am or C since it lets me use all the open strings without having to retune.

@aah4632

Жыл бұрын

i thought of the same song as well!

@liimlsan3

Жыл бұрын

Two others that always come to mind are the Byrd's "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" and Shonen Knife's "I Am A Cat."

@ericpayne9091

Жыл бұрын

Lifeson uses sus2s all over Rush songs

That composition at the sounds so Ethereal. Great work my friend.

@twhylerm

Жыл бұрын

yeah sounds like some video game music or something

@thomasmoss9042

Жыл бұрын

To me it sounds like closing credits music for an old science fiction show.

@brandoncheever1897

Жыл бұрын

I'd pay for a full version of it

@luxinveritate3365

Жыл бұрын

Was going say the same lol. That openness is awesome.

@evedotcom

Жыл бұрын

At the… ? What?! The suspense is killing me

Mad respect for the song you made at the end. Positively beautiful and serene. Admittedly I could definitely see this being a minecraft music disc.

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

😊

Any other KZreadr: I couldn't find any examples of songs written entirely using sus chords. Thank you all for watching! David Bennett Piano: I couldn't find any examples of songs written entirely using sus chords...... so I wrote my own piece using just sus chords!

@spectenix

Жыл бұрын

Damn, Innersloth needs to hire this man

@MonkeyBrains4311

11 ай бұрын

Beautiful and ethereal song there. Major and minor tonality at the same time. Very airy and harmonious as well. Very nice.

As someone who as an amateur organ player plays a lot of hymns both at home and in church, sus chords are something I play a lot. Something very common is to play sus4 and then sus2 before playing the actual major or minor chord.

@frigginjerk

Жыл бұрын

I have that pattern in my head as the default ending to any song on a pipe organ.

@pierrezapata90

Жыл бұрын

Pigerty third?

@wyattstevens8574

Жыл бұрын

Does Toccata And Fugue use that? It sounds like it.

@BryTee

Жыл бұрын

YES! I kept thinking church organ hymn endings. With the last chord adding a deep heavy bass tonic note too.

@weepingscorpion8739

Жыл бұрын

Well, not necessarily ending on a Picardy third but sure, if a piece is say in F minor, the final few moves can be something like Fsus4 - Fm - Fsus2 - F. And yes, I believe the Bach Toccata and Fuga in D minor does end that way maybe a bit more embellished. But yes, very common to use these sus chords in hymns.

Can we get a video on quartal harmony. I've been struggling to get a full grasp of it, and would love to hear your explanation. Keep up the great work!

@Alberto-ny7kf

Жыл бұрын

up up up

@marceloagustinmombelli3767

Жыл бұрын

No podría estar mas de acuerdo. Armonía cuartal explicada por David Bennet, si si.

@icytea0

Жыл бұрын

pls

@MusicTheoryLover

Жыл бұрын

He’s literally taught me more than any teacher from school can

@aaronclift

Жыл бұрын

McCoy Tyner’s piano work would be the best primer to immerse yourself in the world of quartal harmony. “My Favorite Things,” “A Love Supreme - Part 1: Acknowledgement,” and “Passion Dance” all being great examples of this style of harmony.

1:04 For No One - Beatles Crazy - Gnarls Barkley Pinball Wizard - The Who Crazy little Thing Called Love Cold As Ice - Foreigner 4:07 Love Song - Sara Bareilles The Scientist - Coldplay Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House Champagne Supernova - Oasis 6:57 Exit Music (For a Film) - Radiohead Summer of 69' - Bryan Adams Other Side of the World - KT Tunstall Free Fallin' - Tom Petty

@iamtheimagedoctor

Жыл бұрын

for more old school: The Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler), and She Believes in Me (Kenny Rodgers)

“When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around” by The Police is probably the closest song I can think of to being all sus chords. It does have an Em11 chord in the sequence, but the harmony of the song feels very open and ambiguous much like a sus chord.

Your piece built on sus chords at the end of the video so wants to resolve, but it keeps traveling alongside, above, and below any resolution. It evokes such a strange and wonderful emotion. Beautiful!

@kenreeve32

Жыл бұрын

@ghost mall totally agree! It still leaves the listener "hanging" enough away from a full resolution to be slightly tense.

@dreadmag6372

Жыл бұрын

the what chords?

@AlexanDrMoskalenko

Жыл бұрын

Have you heard bands in the shoegaze/dream-pop genre? I got the same vibe from this piece, strange and wonderful)

@kenreeve32

Жыл бұрын

@@AlexanDrMoskalenko definitely feel it, yes. Also reminds me of some ambient music artists.

Some missing that came to mind immediately: Black (Pearl Jam) uses a Dsus2 in the entire outro The opening riffs of Jump (Van Halen) and The riff of Black or White (Michael Jackson) are pivoting Sus2/major/sus4 Grunge, and Pearl Jam specifically, uses a lot of sus chords. Alive, Jeremy, Better Man, I am Mine all have sus chords in the chord progression (and there are probably many more). Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden) is built on a Gsus4. The sus chord is a very important part of the Grunge sound, and it usually never properly resolves.

@IsaacMyers1

Жыл бұрын

Black hole sun is actually built on a G half sharp chord.

@marques04rj

6 ай бұрын

Rush !! Alex Lifeson uses a lot of sus chords on many songs. Sus chords is part of his guitar signature.

@tentothepowerof10

5 ай бұрын

Pompeii by bastille, notice that there is a sus4 chornd in the synth riff

James Taylor uses sus4 chords in quite an unusual manner (see: You've Got A Friend, Carolina In My Mind, Sweet Baby James, many others). He often uses the sus4 chord _not_ as a temporary variation of a Major chord that resolves to the Major chord (such as the “D → D4 → D → D4 → etc” opening of Crazy Little Thing Called Love and hundreds of others). Instead, James uses the sus4 as a “softer” _replacement_ for the V chord in a perfect cadence (V → I). This “Taylorized” perfect cadence (Vsus4 → I) resolves more gently due to there not being a half-step movement from the 3rd of the V to the Root of the I. Taylor does this a lot (eg, G → A7sus4 →D), and he's the only one I can think of who does it. I like to imagine that he uses this “softened” cadence because it fits with his laidback easygoing personality.

I always enjoy when you compose your own pieces, but WOW! This one at the end was stellar in every sense of the word. I might be biased as a stringsman, but the use of nothing but suspended chords sounds wicked cool!

I think quartal harmony is my new favorite thing, after being a fan of accidented ambiguous chords for a long long time Thanks for another great video, David. This is one of your best IMHO.

That ending track may have been my favorite composition of yours yet.

Another classic suspended fourth intro is "Carry on" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Deja vu). I enjoyed the closing instrumental.

There doesn't always have to be a resolution, or a destination... sometimes the journey is the destination in and of itself. After realizing I had been playing "Free Fallin'" wrong (with regular major chords as opposed to the sus chords here) I have never been able to look at the song the same way and now the sus chords stand out. I was hoping for this song to be in this video and here it was!

@beethockmtee8565

Жыл бұрын

Respectfully, without any intention of being rude, I don't know how you could possibly play Free Fallin' without suspended chords.

I really like your composition, David. I really love the atmosphere.

You're quartle harmony piece at the end really works. Well done!

We use suspended chords a lot in Christian worship music. Common voicings are the IV and the V chords simply labeled sus so you get to pick sus4 or sus2. And players often use suspended chords when it is not written to do so either because they prefer the sound, or it’s easier, or both.

Brilliant analysis as always, David. I'm in your debt. You've taught us all so much. ❤️‍🔥

I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your videos and how much they help me. Even though I have an Advanced Higher Music certificate, I have difficulty hearing intervals or chords, and these videos are assisting me in my learning!

Beautiful melody in your piece at the end. Great vid as always. Thank you.

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Oh great👍 one of my favorite sounding chords :) I'm excited to watch it soon as I get home:) thanks David👍

I always love the compositions at the end of your videos. I don't know if it's at all beneficial for you to put them on Spotify or anything, but there's so many I've longed to be able to listen to. Big fan of your Longest March!

Really nice explanation thank you! I like that piece at the end too. It has a feeling of floating or gently getting away from gravity and moving around from place to place

David you once again do such wonderful example music. This time you seem to pick open the music from my dreams! It ia so nice ot know you can pull that out of my head!

Love the melody of your composition at the end. 😄

This is such an informative and well put together video keep up the high quality good work

Beautiful melody, dear David!

Thanks for making this. I was founding what sus chords are for and their uses that says it straightforward and short like you. This was really a sus video!

3:26 I think it's slightly inaccurate to say that the sus2 chord's resolution is always weaker than a sus4. The strongest resolutions are the ones that contain half steps. When going to a major chord, the sus4 is stronger (4-3 suspension). But when going to a minor chord, the sus2 is always going to be stronger than sus4. But in that case, it's a 2-3 anticipation, resolving upwards. While not technically a suspension, it has a stronger resolution in this specific case

@adrin181

Жыл бұрын

i was thinking more about this as the video went on, happy to see it put into words

@SirBenjiful

Жыл бұрын

Half-step resolutions do usually sound stronger than whole-step resolutions, but downward resolutions also usually sound stronger than upward resolutions. So sus4 to major is a half-step resolution AND a downward resolution, making it stronger than sus2 to minor, which is a half-step but upward rather than downward. Additionally, major chords sound more resolved than minor chords, because a major third is a simpler ratio than a minor third (which is why the picardy third trick sounds so good), so that’s another count in sus4 to major’s favour. Of course all this stuff about what kind of resolutions sound stronger is kind of subjective, but the proof is in the pudding.

@liam1253

Жыл бұрын

@@SirBenjiful downward resolutions sound stronger than upwards? The strongest resolution is leading up to tonic. And b2 resolving down to tonic isn't as strong as the classic leading tone resolution

@SirBenjiful

Жыл бұрын

@@liam1253 “b2 leading down to tonic isn’t as strong” well, I think it is. Try it out yourself! Db7 -> C sounds just as strong as G7 -> C to me, if not stronger. This is why the ‘tritone substitution’ trick popular in jazz works so well. But ultimately it’s just a matter of opinion. If it doesn’t sound good to you, don’t play it that way! Peace.

@liam1253

Жыл бұрын

@@SirBenjiful in both examples you give the strongest resolution is leading tone resolving up to the tonic. And you're talking about resolving to a major chord. I was talking about minor chords. G7-Cm has a stronger resolution than Db7-Cm because the D in the G7 chord resolves up to the Eb in the Cm chord. And this is also the strongest resolution when using suspended chords.

Great video. I've loved sus chords (and therefore songs that feature them )for as long as I can remember. Now I have an understanding of why. Another great song that alternates uses both the sus2 and sus4 is "Brass in pocket" by the pretenders. The song is beautiful. Just needed to finish on a major!

Loved your composition at the end.

Your composition at the end is eerily beautiful. Tom Petty's "Free Falling" is an incredible song, although I pretty much think of that bass line as doubling the vocal, rather than changing the harmony of that part. I love your work on these videos! 🙏

oh man, this compo of yours was mindblowing! really eerie and hauntology-like, it almost felt like listening to Boards of Canada. Also adds a sense of nostalgy and serenity.

Sus 2 and major 9ths (unresolved) are my bread and butter of writting! Your fully sus song made me very happy! Thank you.

I like how you made a tune built around sus chords…the transitions are very smooth!!!…I guess maybe because of the common notes in them!! Great as always David! 👏👏👏👏👏🙂

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

thanks!

Another great video David!! When i saw the title i just KNEW you were going to use "Free Fallin". Nice little outro piece by the way.

The main riff of 'love will tear us apart' uses a Dsus4 chord also. Great video.

Thank you for keeping us in suspense!

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

👌🏼🥳

I seriously love this channel!

Another great video. I've watched so many of your stellar videos I feel like I've earned a music degree.

Enjoyed this, and very much your own composition. Nice work, mate! Sus2 chords are my fave chords that for reasons I can't fathom, appear on hardly any guitar chord box diagram posters. I dig all these tunes, so it shouldn't come as a surprise sus2 and sus4 chords appear in many of my own compositions. A couple of my main musical inspirations, Robert Smith and Pete Townshend, who you mentioned, feature *a lot* of sus chords in their compositions.

In John Denver’s Annie’s Song, the primary chords within the song and verses are the D and Dsus4.

That last original composition you made on the end credits, is super pretty. 🥰

Thank you so much for these videos appreciate it ❤

Hey David! Thanks for your always awesome content. Great video today!

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@jobo460

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano So I just realized how cool the voice leading is on maybe I’m amazed. And how the use of the chromatic bassline works so well with the appropriate chords above. Perhaps you could discuss in one of your future videos how the song works, and more importantly on how to employ a similar technique for composing? Thank you for the time and consideration. Your channel rocks! 🤘

As a guitar player, these chords are the best. They sound so ethereally good, and has a sort of sense of mystery and melancholy.

I rarely comment on youtube videos but the composition at the end is really good. Thanks for that.

Great analysis work; you keep coming up with interesting explorations. Your all sus-chord song sounds nice; thank you for trying that and I wouldn't mind hearing more songs using only sus chords. I agree with you it's odd it's so un-findable. I've also used sus-b2 and sus-#4 in my work, although I acknowledge those are very odd.

Whenever I feel the urge to strum a guitar, Blue Rodeo “Hasn’t Hit Me Yet” is usually the first song to come out. It’s so fun dancing between the D, Dsus2, and Dsus4.

Your composition sounds amazing!

Excellent video and explanations, thanks. Thanks for including Crowded House. Would be good to see Keane feature one day as their chord sequences seem very interesting to me.

Dear David, thank you for providing valuable information.

@DavidBennettPiano

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😊😊

This is amazing teaching. I also really liked your own composition of suspended chords. I sensed that the music expressed being resolved [comfortable with] a sense of being unresolved.

I really like that track you made with just sus chords at the end, sounds super cool

I like the composition proposed at the end of the video! I think a band who wrote songs based on this sort of somewhat enigmatic sound would even have the the potential of becoming my new favorite band ...

Love, love this! Thank you!

Your lovely piece at the end really demonstrates your point...It was enjoyable, but I was itching for resolution!

Happy Xmas (War is over) is a great example of a song that uses a lot of sus chords.

Ooo I really like that piece you wrote yourself at the end of the video!

Been waiting for this one.

bro, that all-sus song you wrote for the end is giving me some emotions and feels 😢🔥

Wow ❤ so useful & application based!!! Nothing better than theory explained with examples of songs 🔥✨💯

@DavidBennettPiano

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Wow, I love your "Exit Music (For The Patrons Credits)"

Awesome content Man!!!!

Thank you David!

Another great way to use the sus4 is to use its pull towards the major triad to change key. I believe there's an example of this in exit music by Radiohead and it's a really subtle key change Street Spirit also is a brilliant use of both the sus4 and sus2

Just a side note: sus2 chords are really just the first inversion of a sus4 a 5th above the root, i.e. Csus2 = Gsus4 which is an interesting thing to play with if you're going for a perfect cadence. Also, those weird 9sus4 chords are inversions of a 6/9 chord a whole step down, i.e. C9sus4 = Bb6/9.

@everydayispoetry

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly. For example, I tend to hear the final chord in the Free Fallin riff not as Csus4, but as Fsus2 -albeit with a C in the bass (which I think is there because it foreshadows the eventual melody, as someone else here has pointed out.)

So great to see The Who in one of your videos! Keep up the good work! 🎸🤘🎵

Wow! I really like your song at the end

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Another amazing and informative video, thank you 🤗

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Another great video. When I think of suspended chords on guitar I always think of John Lennon's Happy Xmas and that 80s song A Little Respect (successfully covered by Wheatus).

Thanks David, once again. I don't think you've ever made an uninteresting video!

Nice sus4 action in Abacab (Genesis). I particularly like the lead synth part that uses a constant two note 4th interval - very gritty.

The Way Home by The Devin Townsend Project is pretty close to being completely sus2. Great video as always David

Been playing with so-called Blackadder/ikisugi chords (eg G+/Db, augment over a tritone), and they have a similar use for delaying and resolving to V. Because the natural place for such a thing is voice leading between V and I (G/D G+/Db C), but they have more tension than the V, so the other way with G+/Db to G/D is a good release too.

Super helpful, thanks!

I must admit that I definitely thought you would choose Happy X-mas (War Is Over) for this video! Awesome video as always ❤

thanks David!

That's a beautiful song you wrote at the end of the video

Some things never change as far as sheet music goes. "For No One" is in B major. The band Chicago used both of these chords quite a bit.

So excited that you put in Tarkus as an example. Most music youtubers are surprisingly blind for 70ies prog rock even that time was probably one of the most experimental phase in music history.

@aaronclift

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

These chords seem kinda sus

Oh, man. Please make this song you composed available on your Spotify. It’s so beautiful!

Free Falling was the first song I thought of... nice demo as usual 👌

@markkasper7281

Жыл бұрын

haha I like the piece at the end.. like an itch you can't scratch

David - our greatest music teacher

one of spelunky hd's mine themes uses a sus2 as the opening chord for every phrase. instead of sounding like it needs to resolve, it fills the role of sounding very mysterious... it's very cool.

the chord progressions revolving around sus 2 major and sus 4 chords also reminded me of Van Morrison - Into the Mystic and also Crosby Stills & Nash - Wasted on the Way

This might be the first one of these videos where not only do I know most of these songs (which is relatively normal), but I specifically enjoy most of these. Over and over again, stuff that’s on my playlists

I love the ending composition!

I’m a big fan of dominant seventh sus 4 chords, such as Getting In Tune by The Who on the line, “And I’m gonna tuuuuune-“. If you want, you can add a ninth on top.

Great explanation!

That composition is really good, holy damn

Wow, I really love that "sus" song you composed! Nothing sus(pect) about it! The change to A flat sus2 really delivers it!! BTW, Jimmy Page loved using sus chords. Consider "The Song Remains the Same" as one exuberant example.

Using both sus2 and sus4 you should have mentioned the show must go on by Queen. That's an incredible song. Very good video, I love your channel.

One use of sus chords that is worth mentioning is to soften the effect of a cadence. A perfect cadence, V->I, feels very strong, partly because of the leading tone to tonic resolution. If the V is a suspended chord, the overall effect is softened, and the cadence doesn't sound as strong or final. A classic example of this is "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton. The chorus ends with a ii->V->I progression, where the V is a sus4 chord. The effect is that it feels like a perfect cadence, but doesn't feel like the end of the song. V7sus4->I feels less "final" than V7->I. The double suspended chord is where you omit the 3rd, but add both the 2nd and the 4th. No uses from popular songs come to mind, but the Raiders March by John Williams uses this to great effect on the tonic in C major. The notes of Csus2sus4 (what should you call it?) are the same as G7sus4 and F6sus2, the dominant and the subdominant respectively. So if you use I -> Isus2sus4 -> I, the second transition feels like a resolution, but to the ear, it's very ambiguous as to whether it's resolving suspensions, or a perfect cadence, or a plagal cadence. The overall effect is of an extremely "soft" progression, raising the tension just a little bit and then releasing it. Since it's Proms season at the moment, there's another example of the double suspended chord in "Jack's the Lad", the hornpipe from Henry Wood's "Fantasia on British Sea Songs".