Articles tagged with: "suspension"

Perfect Fourth Interval: The Foundation of Musical Stability
Published on 15 Jul, 2025
The perfect fourth, an interval spanning five semitones, is one of music's most fundamental and versatile building blocks. It is a perfect consonance, possessing a stable and pure sound derived …
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Sus4 Chord: The Classic Suspended Harmony
Published on 15 Jul, 2025
The sus4 chord (suspended fourth) is a triad where the third is replaced by a perfect fourth above the root. This creates a distinctive, open-sounding harmony with a strong tendency …
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