Originally Posted by Gordon Scott
Aye. I was more thinking of the alternative to "drop out completely".
Ahhh gotcha. There is a hierarchy in place for when certain chords aren't available as to what is "close enough" to replace it, to avoid having it drop out completely.

Originally Posted by Gordon Scott
I was a little in two minds about triad or sus2, but I think it probably depends mostly on what the melody is playing against the chord. Whether or not the melody has the '2'. That may be a tricky question even if the melody is present in the project. Probably impossible for a backing-only work.
Yep, it would come down to a song-by-song basis. If it doesn't sound good, at least it's not hard to change it.

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