Suspended Chords
Lesson 16 from: Music Theory for Electronic ProducersTomas George
Suspended Chords
Lesson 16 from: Music Theory for Electronic ProducersTomas George
Lesson Info
16. Suspended Chords
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Introduction
00:58 2Basic Music Theory Terms
08:07 3Keyboard Layout and Octaves
06:19 4Working out Major Scales
08:58 5Perfect 5ths
06:42 63rds - Part 1
08:05 73rds - Part 2
07:39 8Perfect 4ths
04:36Chords and Inversions - Part 1
10:05 10Chords and Inversions - Part 2
09:13 11Chord Progressions - Part 1
10:22 12Chord Progressions - Part 2
08:26 13Inversions
08:53 147th Chords
09:48 15Chord Extensions
08:09 16Suspended Chords
02:40 17The Circle of 5ths
04:30 18Minor Scales
08:09 19Chords in the Natural Minor scale
09:56 20Harmonic and Melodic Minor
09:30 21Write the Chords, then the Melody
09:03 22Write the Melody, then the Chords
18:01 23Arpeggios
08:00 24Writing Bass Parts
11:35 25Writing Bass Riffs and Adapting Melodies
14:10 26Song Analysis - Chords, Part 1
10:17 27Song Analysis - Chords, Part 2
05:58 28Song Analysis - Melody
08:55 29Song Analysis - Arrangement
07:30 30Song 2 Analysis - Arrangement
05:04 31Song 2 Analysis - Chords
08:55 32Song 2 Analysis - Melodies
06:34 33Song 3 Analysis - Chords
11:41 34Song 3 Analysis - Melodies and Arrangement
06:55 35Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 1
10:22 36Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 2
18:47 37Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 3
18:49 38Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 4
08:21 39Create a Song from a Chord Progression - Part 1
08:16 40Create a Song from a Chord Progression - Part 2
08:07 41Create a Song from a Melody - Part 1
07:27 42Create a Song from a Melody - Part 2
09:05 43Modes Intro
04:10 44Ionian
00:43 45Dorian
04:31 46Phrygian
02:09 47Lydian
01:35 48Mixolydian
02:13 49Aeolian
00:39 50Locrian
01:50 51Dorian Mode Example
09:12 52Pentatonic Scales
12:27Lesson Info
Suspended Chords
OK. Now, we're going to have a look at suss chords or suspended chords. You might see this sometimes on a chord, it's just written of a S US, which means a suspended chord. So this is basically where we move the third. So we can have a SUS two, which is basically where we change the third of the chord down to a second or a Sus fourth, which is where we change the third up to 1/4. So let's just write in ac major. So we have root 3rd and 5th. So we can have ac two where we change the third to a second, then we have AC four, we changed the third to 1/4. So 1234, these are great for creating suspension and building up certain parts. So let's just draw in an example. Now, so if we have just a rhythmic pattern here and then we have suspended chords. So we have the suss four to start with and let's put it back down to the suss the normal C major and then let's add in a few suss seconds at the start. So we have this tension of the suss fourth releases to C major and then builds up the tension ...
again with the SUS two, this can be great for build ups or creating some kind of tensor music. If you just have suss chords all the way through, it's just gonna be tense the whole time. Of course, if you want music that's just tense all the time and never releases, you can have suss chords, you can hear it's just tense, Then let's release this and here with the ss too tense the whole way that is, it's released on the C major tense. Again, there's a good way to create build ups and tension just by moving the third, move it down to the second and it'd be called C sus two, suspended two or move it up to the fourth and it'd be called C sus four or suspended fourth. This is basically how you can quickly add in some tension and release in your music. Cos to release this, all you have to do is put it back to the third and to build up tension, experiment with the fourth and the second. So thank you for watching this lecture all about Suss codes or Suspended Accords.
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