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  #31608 Posted 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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I saw in a chord chart that Esus is an E chord with an A on the 3rd string.
A is from EFGA.

In the same way is B7sus a B7 chord with an E?
E as from BCDE.
To play it then would be a B7 chord with an open E string (1st string)?

Sorry I lack the vocab to describe the above properly, so I'm describing in pattern form.
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  #31610 Posted 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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This chord is fretted 022200
Those notes are E-B-E-A-B-E.
In other words, E A and B.
This differs from the normal E major chord ( E G# B )
in that it has A rather than the expected G#.
That's the "sus" part.
It means play the 4th note of the scale rather than the 3rd.

Think in terms of major scales.
A is from E-F#-G#-A...

When we play the "A" rather than the "G#", we have a "sus" or "sus4" chord.

Let's think of major scales again:
E as from B-C#-D#-E

If you mean fret B7sus=x21200 then the answer is "no".
The chord fretted x21200 would have the notes: B-D#-A-B-E.

We would spell B7 as B-D-F#-A.
So B7sus would be B-E-F#-A.

The "normal" open-position B7 chord is fretted x21202.
Those notes are B-D#-A-B-F#.

Playing the 1st string open would change the F# to an E.
You want to change the D# to an E.

You might play it this way: B7sus=x22202.

It's ok. I think I understand.

Let me know if you still don't understand and I'll try to explain it differently.
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  #31611 Posted 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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Yes, that's right. Chords called "sus" are really "sus4" chords. And the
"sus" or "sus4" does indeed mean exactly what you said.

Sometimes we see "sus2", which is a bit different; "sus2" means to replace the 3rd note with the 2nd, according to that same major scale.

And now you know practically everything.
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  #31612 Posted 2 Years, 6 Months ago
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I think I'm sloooowly getting the hang of it.
So if I were to see any chord with a "sus" appended to it, it's the same as
"sus4" which means replace the 3rd note with the 4th note according to the major scale.
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