C2 and D2

[Anon]

What are these chords again?

thanks.

[Stephen Calder]

Post by Anon
What are these chords again?
thanks.

Short for Csus2 and Dsus2, in which D is substituted for the third (E)
in a C chord, giving C-D-G.

Csus2 X30013
Dsus2 X00230

[Nil]

Post by Stephen Calder
Short for Csus2 and Dsus2, in which D is substituted for the third
(E) in a C chord, giving C-D-G.
Csus2 X30013
Dsus2 X00230

I don't agree. I consider C2 to be a C triad (C, E, and G) plus an
added 2 (D). Some possible fingerings:

x32030

xx

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8 10 12 9 8 8

x x 10 9 8 10

In practice, you can almost always get away just fine with a Csus2, but
there is a differnce between them, namely, the presence of the third.

This is what people were calling the "Steely Dan Chord", as if they
invented it.

[Stephen Calder]

Post by Nil

Post by Stephen Calder
Short for Csus2 and Dsus2, in which D is substituted for the third
(E) in a C chord, giving C-D-G.
Csus2 X30013
Dsus2 X00230

I don't agree. I consider C2 to be a C triad (C, E, and G) plus an
x32030
xx
x35753
8 10 12 9 8 8
x x 10 9 8 10
In practice, you can almost always get away just fine with a Csus2, but
there is a differnce between them, namely, the presence of the third.
This is what people were calling the "Steely Dan Chord", as if they
invented it.

The nomenclature is variable. The chord you describe I have seen written
Cadd9, which is different from the Csus2 because the third is not
suspended. The idea of a suspended chord is to replace one of the triad,
rather than add to the triad.

[Nil]

Post by Stephen Calder
The nomenclature is variable. The chord you describe I have seen
written Cadd9, which is different from the Csus2 because the third
is not suspended. The idea of a suspended chord is to replace one
of the triad, rather than add to the triad.

Right. Actually, I rarely see the notation "C2", but when I
occasionally do, I treat it as the same thing as the more common
name "Cadd9". If someone wants to suspend one of the triad's notes,
they bloody better well be specific!

[Pt]

sus2 and sus4 chords replace the 3rd in a triad.
They use the 2nd note of the scale or the 4th note of the scale rather
than the 3rd note.

Typical Major triad = 1, 3, 5 (or in C) C, E, G.
A sus2 Triad = 1, 2, 5 (or in C) C, D, G.
A sus4 triad = 1, 4, 5 (or in C) C, F, G.

Pt