sus6 Chord Shapes

These are all based on the sus6 as the base - The suspended chords are power based, this means that the core of the chord is a power chord. Our common description for these chords would be 'powered 13ths' - Just take any 13th chord (except the diminished), Strip the 3rd and you have a sus6 chord. Check out our 'Chord Formula' chart for a more visual understanding of the the suspened chords...

sus6 Chord Shapes
(C) sus6	I. - II. - IV. - V.	III.- VI.
(A) sus6	I. - II. - IV. - V.	III. - VI.
(G) sus6	I. - II. - IV. - V.	III. - VI.
(E) sus6	I. - II. - IV. - V.	III. - VI.
(D) sus6	I. - II. - IV. - V.	III. - VI.

You should however have a good understanding of the basic formula - some people add 7 to the sus? to get a hint of the extension. This works good for this chord: (7 + 6th = 13th) When you say the chord 'A suspended 6' it sounds like you are suspending the 6th - sus means dropped third in a practical sense...

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