Suspended chord
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A suspended chord is a chord in which the third is replaced or accompanied by either a perfect fourth or a major second , although the fourth is far more common.
The term is borrowed from the contrapuntal technique of suspension, where a note from a previous chord is carried over to the next chord, and then resolved down to the third or tonic, suspending a note from the previous chord. However, in modern usage, the term concerns only the notes played at a given time; in a suspended chord the...
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