LOCAL EXPLORATION · CHAPTER 1.9
Discover sus patterns
Follow the middle note through a short pattern while C and G keep their pitches. C major is the reference here: I means C major.
C4 and G4 keep their pitches. All three notes get a fresh attack in every bar.
The outlined chord is playing; the staff follows it sideways. Whole notes mark each four-beat bar; the piano releases a little early before the next attack.
Ready. Press Play to hear the whole pattern.
Editing the pattern stops playback. Press Play to start the new choice at bar 1. Swipe the chord strip to see later bars on a narrow screen.
Compare sus4 → sus2 → I with the reverse order. Then try returning to I between the two sus chords. What changes in the middle-note path?
Try it on your instrument
Keep C and G, and move the middle note among D, E, and F. Try one of these patterns with a fresh attack for each chord. These are possible paths to explore; none is a required continuation.
This ungraded local candidate awaits Doug’s listening. The existing quiet sampled-piano ensemble prepares shared bass/drum recordings too; only piano sounds here.