Sus chords are most often heard mixed in around a major or minor chord such as in Led Zeppelin’s Tangerine, which jams around Am, Asus4 and Asus2 chords. 2. Emphasise a chord change A simple chord ...

EXAMPLE 5: Tom Morello-style D sus 2. If we take out the 3rd of a major or minor triad and replace it with a major 2nd or perfect 4th it becomes a suspended chord (sus for short). The D sus 2 chord ...

Dsus4 is an abbreviated way of saying D suspended 4th. The 4th in this case is G, the 4th of the D major scale. The G replaces the 3rd (F#), meaning sus chords are neither major nor minor; it’s ...