Learn Piano #9: Use Suspended Chords to a song & play runs

Explore suspended chords and the fourth tone, using the C chord (1-3-5) and the move to the fourth note to form a C suspended chord (C F G).

Learn how suspended chords create drama and tension by moving a half step down from the fourth tone, resolving to a stable chord like C E G.

Watch a piano demo that shows the suspended sound using C F G chords, and learn how to use suspended chords to a song and play runs.

Learn how suspended chords create drama by using the fourth tone against a C chord, producing semitone tension you resolve softly by thinking in numbers, moving from four to three.

Explore how suspended chords produce the major chord sound by holding a note up a half step higher, effectively suspending it, with the term 'sus' short for suspending.

Discover how suspended chords sound best with dominant chords, focusing on suspended dominant chords, and explore notes and intervals like fifth and flat seven in c7 and c-7.

Explore suspended seventh chords such as C7sus, D7sus, A7sus, and G7sus, and learn how they function as dominant chords with 1-4-5-7 voicings.

Explain how suspended chords appear in chord progressions, often preceding the main chords, with examples involving C-7, A-7, and G-7 and their relation to dominant chords.

Master the transition from G7sus to G7 by drilling the chord tones on piano, using the provided music sheet to practice the suspended chord exercise.

Learn how a G7 suspended chord moves from the fourth tone to the third, then resolves to G7 on piano, with the suspended note moving a half step.

Learn piano with a play-along demo that transitions from G7sus to G7, incorporating suspended chords and run patterns.

Insert a G7 suspended chord into away in a manger as the activity assignment, applying suspended harmony from the course to a traditional carol and preparing simple runs.

Demonstrates inserting g7sus to away in a manger, using right-hand g, c, d and left-hand f, a, c, d, and explains suspended chord voicings for a major.

Explore suspended chords through a piano demo moving from g7sus to g7, applied to away in a manger, and practice chord resolution and melodic runs.

Master suspended tones by using slash chords, pairing a right-hand chord with a left-hand bass, and thinking in slash chords to apply the effect in any key.

Explore suspended chords through slash chord thinking and apply right-hand techniques to play chords and runs smoothly in song context.

Practice suspended chords on piano with a demo and play-along moving from C7sus to C7, shifting from the 4th tone to the 3rd tone while introducing piano runs.

Apply suspended chords by inserting C7sus before C7 in Away in a Manger, as shown on the core chart's two locations; complete the exercise and share your results.

Explore where a C7sus fits in Away in a manger, compare C-7 with B-flat variants, and learn to write B-flat or C instead of C-7.

Learn piano techniques for suspended chords with a c7sus demo on away in a manger, and practice flowing runs to enhance harmony and performance.

Learn a quick piano trick to play a C7sus chord by placing B-flat in the right hand over C in the left hand (Bb/C), creating the suspended sound.

Explore piano demos of Bb/C in different inversions, and apply suspended chords and runs to shape a song.

Demonstrate piano technique with a play-along on A7sus to A7, moving from the fourth tone to the third while exploring suspended chords and runs.

Practice inserting A7sus before A7 in Away in a Manger, and play the run on the piano to reinforce suspended chord technique.

Learn to add an A7sus to away in a manger, aligning with the melody G notes, while ensuring enough space to avoid clashes and determine when to omit suspended chords.

Watch a piano demo exploring suspended chords, including the A7sus, while demonstrating how to play runs and integrate them into a song.

Learn to use suspended chords, especially D7 sus before D7, to shape right-hand runs in Away in a Manger, creating melodic tension that resolves to the tonic.

Experience a piano demo on D7sus before D7 in Away in a manger, illustrating how suspended chords shape a song and lead into melodic runs.