The Dominant Sus

the cadence with its collar loosened
70s Pop · Folk · Soul
suspension
57sus4 → 57 → 1

Hang the 4 over your dominant, let it lean, then drop it onto the 3rd at the last moment. All the arrival, none of the bark — the AM-radio cadence that made a decade of singer-songwriter records feel patient.

movesthe suspended 4 falls to the 3 INSIDE the dominant, then everything resolves homesolo·singhold the key's 1 over the sus and resolve nothing until the chord doeson recordthe 70s singer-songwriter cadence — everywhere on AM radiotry itStretch every final 5⁷ into two beats of 5⁷sus⁴ first. Instant patience.
Dm72-⁷
G7sus45⁷sus
G75⁷
C1
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