The 4/5 Gospel Dominant

all the pull, none of the bite
Gospel · Motown · City Pop
slash · cadence
4/5 → 1

A 4 chord floated over a 5 bass. No leading tone, no tritone — but the bass says dominant, so it resolves like one wearing silk gloves. The 5⁹sus⁴ chip is literally this sound with its paperwork done: Motown, gospel, and city-pop's smoothest cadence.

movesthe bass claims 5 while the chord above stays plain 4solo·singsing the key's 1 straight through the cadence — nothing pushes it aroundon recordStevie Wonder — his signature cadence, everywheretry itSwap your final 5⁷ → 1 for 4/5 → 1 and feel the room get softer.
Dm72-⁷
G9sus45⁹sus
Cmaj71Δ⁷
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