I'm not sure which "people" didn't care for it. It's great.
Seen a few comments - not necessarily on here
Still not seeing much love for the chorus... surely there must be others out there? I think it's one of the nicest chord progressions they've come out with for a long time.
No. You are alone.
Well you're not allowed to be a part of the Bbsus2-Dm-Am-Ebsus2-Dm-Fm-Csus2 fan club then.
I'm trying to get better at chords and what not. I know the normal stuff like major and minor and their inversions, but can you explain what suspended chords are, and what the numbers mean?
When writing harmony or melodic parts, you typically use notes belonging to the chord. But if you just stick to just doing that, your music is going to sound pretty square, so musicians for centuries have been spicing up their chords with notes not belonging to the chords. These are creatively called "non-chord tones". A suspension is type of non-chord tone where a note from the previous chord is suspended into the new chord before resolving down into a chord tone. For example, let's say you have the chords F - C7 - C7 - F over 4 bars:
F - E - E - F
C - C - C - C
A - Bb - Bb - A
F - G - G - F
Which is fine, but it's a little square. Instead we can do something like:
F - F - E - F
C - C - C - C
A - Bb - Bb - A
F - G - G - F
Which introduces a bit of colour into the second chord (which is where the suspension occurs) by suspending the top note of the original chord over to the second bar. So the "F" in the second bar is the suspension (because F isn't typically found in a C7 chord), which resolves down to the "E" (which is found in a C7 chord). In pop music, these suspensions take on a life of their own and don't really require the non-chord tone to be in the previous chord, or for it to be resolved downward. They typically just use it for its colourful nature and ambiguous sound. The "4" and "2" in sus chords refers to the distance between the root of the chord and the suspended note. In the example above, the "F" in the first C chord is a 4 steps above C, so it would be a C7sus4. But, if there was a D there instead of an F it would be a C7sus2, because "D" is a 2nd above D.
(Side note for those of you who are curious: these would NOT be C7add11 and C9 because they're missing the 3rd, which is an important note known as a "guide-tone". This is because it distinguishes if the chord is major or minor. It would have to be C - E - G - Bb - D or C - E - Bb - D to be a C9. And also the 11th is not something you would add onto a 7th chord because it clashes with the important 3rd and sounds SUPER ugly)
And if you're wondering, if it resolves up instead of down it's called a "
wot in retardation". Yes, really. Pop music never really uses this term tho, and they're just all lumped together under the term "suspension". Which, imo, is MUCH better.
Hopefully that clears things up and isn't information overload. If you need anything cleared up further, let me know.
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