Isus – I – I2 – I
This progression was made popular in the 70s in Barry Manilow’s song, “Can’t Smile Without You”. In it, the third note of a chord is altered by starting with the suspended 4th, then resolving to the major chord, then changing to a suspended second, and resolving again with the major chord. Try it in the following examples:
Dsus-D-D2-D
Asus-A-A2-A
These progressions are really useful and very nice. I play tango which is often in minor keys. Are your progressions also for minor keys?
These progressions listed so far often start on a major chord. The bass line progressions in the other section can be started anywhere, consequently on a minor chord and proceed from there.
Thanks
i like chord layout diagrams
can you pleas send me others the way you’ve
layed them out such as
Asus A A2 A
Bsus B B2 B
Csus C C2 C
Dsus D D2 D
Esus E E2 E
Fsua F F2 F
Gsus G G2 G
Thank you