INTERMEDIATE ACOUSTIC GUITAR

SUSPENDED CHORDS

EX. 2
Ctriad Csus4 Csus2

& ww w ww
w 5th
3rd
Root
ww 5th
4th
Root
w 5th
2nd
Root

T
A 0 0 0
B
2 3 0
3 3 3

SUSPENDED MAJOR CHORDS

C Csus4 Csus2 A Asus4 Asus2

32 1 34 1 3 1 123 124 12
1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4
R35R3 R45R R25R R5R35 R5R45 R5R25

G Gsus4 Gsus2 E Esus4 Esus2

21 3 3 14 2 134 231 2 34 1 34
1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4
R3 5 R 3 R R 5R4R R 525R R5R3 5R R5R4 5R R5 2 5 5 R

D Dsus4 Dsus2
132 134 13
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5R5R3 5R5R4 5R5R2

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SUSPENDED CHORDS (2)

EX. 3
Minor Amin Asus4 Asus2 Amin Major A Asus4 Asus2 A
231 234 23 231 123 124 12 123
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

4 ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥
&4 ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’

SUSPENDED CHORD FORMS WITH THE ROOT ON THE 6TH STRING

Asus4 Asus2* Asus2
1 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 3 4
4 4 3
5 5 4
6 6 5
7 7 6
8 8 7
9 9 8
R 4 R 4 5 R R 5 2 5 R R 2 5 R

*With this voicing, use your 3rd finger to mute the 3rd string.

SUSPENDED CHORD FORMS WITH THE ROOT ON THE 5TH STRING

Dsus4 Dsus2
(2)
1 1 3 3 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 1
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
5 R 5 R 4 5 5 R 5 R 2 5

SUSPENDED CHORD FORMS WITH THE ROOT ON THE 4TH STRING

Fsus4 Fsus2
1 3 4 4 1 3 4 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
R 5 R 4 R 5 R 2

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SUSPENDED CHORDS (3)

SUSPENSION BRIDGE
Asus2 Dsus4 D Asus4 A Gsus2
12 13 4 13 2 124 123 2 134
1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4

4 ≥ ≥ ≤ ≤ ≥ ≤ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≤ ≥ ≥ ≤ ≤ ≥ ≤ ≥ ≥≤ ≤ ≥≤
& 4 . Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ..
.

Csus4 C Esus4 E Gsus4 Asus4 A

34 1 32 1 2 34 2 31 1134 11 1134 11 1432 11
1 1 1 1 2 4 4
2 2 2 2 3 5 5
3 3 3 3 4 6 6
4 4 4 4 5 7 7

≥ ≤ ≥ ≤ ≥ ≤ ≤ ≥ ≤ ≥
& Û. Û| Û. Û| Û. ÛÛÛÛÛ |
J J J

HAMMER-ONS AND PULL-OFFS WITH SUS CHORDS

Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Asus2 A Asus4 A Csus2 C Csus4 C
134 132 13 132 12 123 124 123 2 1 32 1 24 1 32 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

˙˙œ #œ œ˙ #œ
œ ˙˙ #œ œ ˙˙ #œ ˙˙
&˙ ˙
˙ ˙ ˙ œ˙ œ ˙˙œ œ
˙ ˙ ˙
P H
H P H P
T 3
3
2 0
3
2 0
0 2
0
3 2 1 1
A 2
0
2
0
2
2
2
2
0
0 2
0
3 2
B 0 0 3 3

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SUSPENDED CHORDS (4)

NOT A SOLUTION, JUST A SUSPENSION

≥ ≤ ≤ ≥
A sus2
≤
A

### 4 œ≤ ≥œ ≥ œ≤ ˙ ≥ ≤
A A sus4 A D sus2 D A
≥ ≤ ≥ ≤ ≥
& 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
œ œ
H
H P P H

T
0 0 2
2 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 2
A 2
2
0
2
2
2 2
B 0 0

0 1 2 3 4 0 4 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 3
Esus4 E Csus4 G
234 231 32 1 21 34
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4
≥ ≤ 4
≤j
### ≥ ≤ ≥ n œ≤ ≥œ n œœ ˙˙
D sus4 D

˙ ≥
& œ œ œœ œ œœœ œœ
œœ
˙˙
˙˙ n œ
n n œœ œ ‰ œœ ˙˙
œ œœ œœ œ ˙ nœ
P œ œ œ ˙ n œœ ˙˙
P P
T
3 2 0 0 0 3
3 0 0 0 1 3
A 0
2 2
2
1 1
2
1
2
0
3 2
0
0
B 2
0
2
0
2
0
3 2
3
0 1 3 4 2 Asus4
11 3411
4
5
6

n œ≤ ˙ ≥
7

### ≥ n œ≤ ˙ n ≥œ ww
nœ nœ
F sus2 G sus4
≥ ≤ ≥ ≤
œ ww
& nœ nœ ww

T 6
3
8
8 5
5
A 3
5
5
7 7
7
B 5
5
1 3 4 1 1 3 4 4
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