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can anyone explain Csus4?
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One example would be a chord sequence C-F-A-C, C-F-G-C, C-E-G-C. The middle one is Csus4: the 'sus' part means 'suspended' in the sense that the F (4th degree of the scale) is held over from the previous 2nd inversion F chord, and doesn't move towards C major when the other parts do, and resolves itself (moving down to E, i.e. the 3rd degree of the scale) in the last chord. Not a very eloquent explanation, I know, but that's the best I can do at the moment  . -Michael B.
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Another way of thinking about it is that a sus chord replaces the 3rd with the 4th or 2nd.
So Csus4 is CFG and Csus2 is CDG.
Michael is also correct in that it's often used as a (somewhat clumsy) way to notate suspensions in popular music lead sheets.
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Another question:
I've seen just Csus, what is that referring to, 4th or 2nd?
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