Types of suspensions music

The four common suspension types are 9-8, 7-6, 4-3, and 2-3. Many other types are possible, especially if the bass moves before the resolution occurs. A chain of suspensions (or suspension chain) uses the resolution of one suspension as the preparation for another.

1. What is a 7 6 suspension?
2. What is a 4-3 suspension?
3. What is a 8 7 suspension?
4. What is suspension music?

What is a 7 6 suspension?

Filters. (music) A suspension that has the suspended note a seventh (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) from the bass move down a step to the note in the chord where the suspension is happening that is a sixth (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) above the bass note.

What is a 4-3 suspension?

Answer: For anyone in our TV audience who hasn't taken music theory in school, a 4-3 suspension is a case in which a triad appears with a fourth in the place of what should be its third, and the fourth then slides down to where it ought to be.

What is a 8 7 suspension?

The 8 means a doubling of the root (an octave above the bass, in root position) and the 8-7 means that a single voice is supposed to move down from the 8ve above the bass to the 7th above the bass.

What is suspension music?

suspension, in music, a means of creating tension by prolonging a consonant note while the underlying harmony changes, normally on a strong beat.