Saturday, February 18, 2023

Suspension

SUSPENSION

What is a suspension? Well some people may think it is a car part but it is much more than that.

Suspension is a note approached by the same note and resolves down by a step. In musical terms it means that accented non chord tones that occur on downbeat or strong beats. The repeated or held note is discordant and clashes with the new chord and creates tension. The chord then resolve down a note beginning into a new chord.  When putting or placing suspensions in music you must always start with a consonant note or interval. There are different parts of a suspension, they are preparation, suspension and resolution. 


Preparation is the pickup note from the last bar and its a consonant note

Suspension is the second note that repeats the previous note and it is dissonance.

Resolution is resolving the note at the end of the suspension.










Constance intervals occurs on 3,5,6 and 8.

Dissonance intervals occurs on 2,4,tritone and 7.

Most common suspensions occurs on the 9-8, 7-6, 4-3 and 2-3. Parallels 6th or 3rds are good places to add your suspensions. You must always move by steps or leaps to a consonant interval. 



 


These are examples of suspensions on 2 voicing. In the video i can see the different common suspensions and where they are placed.





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