Originally Posted By: muziklover
I tried to bring that graphic up in BiaB but couldn't figure out how. Can you tell me what to click on?


The easiest way to get to Display options is to right-click on the chordsheet and select "Display Options".


Thanks for the theory lesson. The explanations you've posted are excellent.

My harmony training is classical and I've always thought of the suspension of a chord as resolving downwards by step.

BIAB definitely plays X2 chords. With different generations, though, it's highly likely that the 2nd could appear in different octaves. It's also possible that some chords that have been mapped as X2 are either sus2 or add2. This will depend on what the composer played and how PG Music interpreted the results. BIAB does not distinguish between the two though.

In case it's useful information for you, a sus2 chord is a first inversion of a sus4 chord. (This makes one wonder if sus2 is really a variant of sus4!)

For example. Csus4 = C-F-G

In first inversion, this is F-G-C = Fsus2

In other words, to get a sus2, notate the suspended 4th chord a perfect fourth below the root of the chord needed and play it over the root of the chord needed.

That is, to get Csus2... the perfect fourth below = G thus use a Gsus4 chord over a C bass -- i.e. Gsus4/C = G-C-D over a C bass = sames notes as Csus2.

Regards,
Noel

P.S. Pipeline's use of BIAB Piano Roll mode to show what the suspension is a great idea!

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