Suspended chords?

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Richard Sinkler
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Jim Palenscar wrote:The cool thing about the sus chords is that they have elements of the common chords in the key you're in- I use a sus 2 when I get lost in a song as it always seems to sound cool no matter what chord you're playing over :).
I often use the sus2 as a passing chord going from a 1 to a 4 chord. Ike from an A chord with pedals down at the 12th fret, I will let off the A pedal giving me the Asus2, then move to a D chord with no pedals at fret 10 of 13th fret with A pedal and F lever. The sus2 is a beautiful chord.
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