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Re: sus7 chords in \chordmode
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Kieren MacMillan |
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Re: sus7 chords in \chordmode |
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Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:23:03 -0500 |
Hi Johan,
> To not answer your question: I would not use Gsus7 since it is ambiguous.
> Gsus4 (or Gsus) has a suspended 4th, Gsus2 has a suspended 2nd, so Gsus7
> makes you think that the 7th is suspended -- which is not the case.
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> G7sus (or G7sus4) is the unambiguous way to express this chord.
+1
It seems “sus7” is almost exclusively a guitar notation — I’ve certainly never
seen it in any jazz chart or musical theatre score I’ve played from.
Cheers,
Kieren.
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