How to use suspended chords on piano

1. What is the purpose of suspended chords?
2. Where do you use the sus chord?

What is the purpose of suspended chords?

Suspended chords offer more than just a frilly little something to add to your music. They work as substitution chords, they can smooth out chord progressions, and they can add tension to your music. Learn when to use suspended chords in your song.

Where do you use the sus chord?

A chord is called suspended (sus for short) when it has no interval of a third in it. This is important because the third tells us if a chord is major or minor. Instead, a suspended chord uses either a perfect fourth (P4) or a major second (M2) in place of the major or minor third (M3 or m3).