Suspend the dominant's 3rd up to the 4th — which is the tonic note itself, hovering — then release it down a half step and resolve. Gospel, pop ballads, and worship music live on this delay.
hear it in “Free Fallin'” · worship-band staples
Lead-in — how players set it up2- or 4 walk into the sus like a held door.From 1/plagal motion — 4 melts into the sus naturally.Or off 6-, the pop-ballad pre-chorus lane.Follow — where it usually goesRelease to 5⁷, resolve to 1 — or tease the sus twice.Tease it twice — sus, release, sus again — then cadence.Or resolve the sus deceptively into 6- and keep floating.
Sing the suspended 4 itself, hold it past comfortable, resolve to 3 exactly when the chord does — melody and harmony breathing together.Target tones (in C)Gsus4 — lean on C (4)G7 — lean on B (3) · F (b7)C — lean on E (3)Half-step wiresC ↘ B · B → C · F ↘ E