These THREE CHORDS Are All The SAME Chord

The three chords that almost no one realizes are actually the exact same notes!

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[christopherheckman]

One reason that sus2 chords don't show up in classical theory is because the suspended chords are secondary to actual suspensions. The sus4 chord comes from a 4-3 suspension. There is no 2-1 suspension; it's usually called a 9-8 suspension instead.

In classical theory, you need to prepare suspensions, which means (in terms of chords) going from a chord where the note is consonant to one (the sus4 chord) where it is dissonant, to a chord where the suspended pitch has dropped by a 2nd. For instance, C-Gsus4-G, but not E-Gsus4-G, since the E doesn't contain a C.

[artemisnite]

Wow, this is too cool. As soon as I saw the title, I realized how you were right.
This is similar to a realization I recently had. Whether it's the 7 rubbing against the 1 in a 7 chord, or a 6 against a 5 in a 6 chord, or those neighboring notes in a sus chord, add 9, etc. it seems that it's always the two notes a whole or half tone apart played together anywhere in the chord that make the chords sound so good. Aside from holding and releasing tension, playing with where I put those two notes or whether I use them or not is how I can make more interesting melodies! I think...

[mastertimb]

I feel like I learned something really important and valuable today, thank you Tommaso! This reminds me of the symmetry and function of augmented and diminished chords as well.

[ZetaCarinae]

This sort of thing is why I like to visualize chords on a circle (ie like a clock).

[davejones]

Awesome video on a subject I've really been wanting to ask about. I enjoy listening to the music of Joe Hisaishi (from the Miyazaki animated movies) and I've watched a lot of videos about quartal chords and thought about how I can incorporate them into my playing and songwriting. And now, just like MAGIC, I learn that I already know tons of quartal chords and have been using them practically since I first started playing guitar. AMAZING! Grazie, grazie, mille grazie!

[thomaswalker]

Absolutely amazing! Super great 👍👍👍. How come no one talks about this but you???? You just aced it buddy

[jonwill]

Interesting presentation; thank you for sharing.

[markoburrows]

"Fight to the death" - I laughed my socks off. Thank you Sir!

[smalleranimals]

I'd bet that 90% of all sus2 or sus4 chords in rock are D sus2 or sus4, because they are so easy to do on a guitar.

[somasundaramsankaranarayan]

I have a totally unrelated question. When we play a note on the guitar or any other instrument, it has a base frequency x but also other frequencies such as 2x, 3x, 4x, etc. are also still there but in lower amplitudes compared to the base. Naturally created sound always seems to have this aspect. A note an octave higher would contain frequencies 2x, 4x, etc. Is it because of the overlap we regard them as the same note? If music was made with pure sine waves, would we still have the same naming system? Would chord inversions be really considered as the same chord?

[patrickfouhy]

Boy. The number of times I've had people argue with me about that over the years. haha.