Topic: F#m sus2
It is hard to find F#m sus2. Is that because it does not exist. I am not sure if the suspended chord drops down or goes up an half step making it a minor chord.
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- TheOnlyTaylor
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Re: F#m sus2
I looked it up and it does exist. It's probably just a very uncommon chord.
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- jerome.oneil
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Re: F#m sus2
A suspended minor chord doesn't make any sense, and doesn't exist in any real sense. Suspended chords are neither minor or major.
The reason? Because in a suspended chord, you suspend the 3rd, and replace it with another note, in this case, the 2nd. (sus2). It is the 3rd that gives a chord it's minor or major flavor. There is no difference between an F#sus and an F#msus.
You might see one written as a mSus, but that would be simply to keep things in key.
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- Stonebridge
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Re: F#m sus2
It could be just an incorrect name for F#m9. The 9 and the 2 are the same note (G#). The difference being that, as Jerome says, in the sus chord you play the sus note instead of the 3rd (the G# instead of the A in this key).
The 9 chord would sound both the A and the G#. Quite a nice crunch.
I agree again with Jerome. It's written as such just to keep things in key.
If the song is in A minor and you are playing (open) A minor for example and you raise your 1st finger to
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It would be more logical to call that Am sus2 than A sus2
There is always going to be this sort of problem with naming chords. The tab is the way to make it clear what is meant.