Re: Chords and what they mean

[Marc Hohl]

Am 20.09.2015 um 09:58 schrieb BB:
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> > The question is more like:  if you saw Csus, would you know how to
> > interpret it musically?
> > Or would you be stuck in your tracks wondering, "is this a sus2, sus4,
> > both?  something else?"
>
> c:sus is working correctly getting root and 5, but indeed is an
> "unconventional" expression to get a C5 ...

In my experience, some musicians are not aware that there is something 
like sus2. Moreover (at least in the sheets I work with) the sus4 is 
much more common, so writing sus instead of sus4 is more often than not 
a mixture of lazyness ("I omit the 4 as anyone knows that I mean sus4")
and a lack of knowledge.

Interpreting c:sus as root and 5 feels strange IMHO.

Just my 2cts

Marc