Suspensions

Suspensions can be used to add movement and harmonic colour to otherwise basic progessions. Anytime there is
movement between chord I and chord V there is a suspension opportunity. Delay a note, create a suspension.

Suspensions have three stages. 1. they must be prepared (for at least as long as they're sounded).
2. then sounded.
3. Then resolved downward by step

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I V I I V4 3 I9 8
4
& 4


becomes

? 4 #
4

I - V creates a 4-3 suspension: try these by delaying a note

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8

& b b

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bb

V-I creates a 9-8 suspension:

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14

& b n

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b n

These can be combined to create 'chains' of suspensions You can also use suspensions in the bass line
20
b b
&

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b b J J