Originally Posted By: RobbMiller
@Mac: if it were in the key of C this would be a VI I V progression, would it not? Assuming the Asus2 is a sub for Am and Csus4 is a sub for the C. The progression does sound as if it wants to be resolved to C (or [Am]).

I guess we have eliminated G / Em


Notice my wording.

"A set of substitutions for the ii-V7-I"

At that point, the Asus2 has more notes in common with the Dm (ii of C) than it does with the vi, since the "sus" actually means that the chord does not have to imply either 3rd, flatted for minor or the Maj 3rd.

So even though the bass note is not a D, the chord spelling, A, E, B, can look and sound mighty like a D6/9 here.

I don't think it matters much how you view that chord, though, viewing it as the vi chord would work, I prefer reducing to the two-five for reasons of better understanding what notes can be selected to play over those chords. And, of course, I do indeed think like a jazz musician about these things, which can indeed make things too rich for the other genres. At that point, we are required to exercise good taste for the particular performance. In other words, if it works for you in the particular by thinking of that chord as an A minor, the sixth, by all means do so.


--Mac

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