DESCRIPTION:
Suspension is a great way to make your music sound different and interesting. In Bach's time, they just used it to suspend resolutions by carrying by carrying over notes in a previous chord into the new chord and then resolving those carried over notes. Today, we accept the idea of a suspended chord. Technically, the quality of the chord (whether it's major or minor) is suspended by replacing the major or minor third with a major second (sus 2) or perfect fourth (sus 4). In this video we look at 4 ways to use suspension to make your music more interesting:

1. Suspend resolutions 3:22
2. Simply use sus chords 4:20
3. Color chord progressions with the "suspended" tones 4:40
4. Use suspended chords as pivot points to switch between parallel keys 8:50

*I forgot to mention that Am add 4 is not technically a suspended chord because suspended chords have a suspended quality, meaning that you don't play the third. I labelled it correctly in the video and the information is still valid -- we're using the D note with A minor to color the chord and thereby color the chord progression to give it a sus2 feel. If you wanted to play an A sus chord, you could play ABE or ADE. I like the Am add 4 better :)

Hope you leaned a lot! I look forward to your comments!