The Chord Tones are shown below each additional chord form. This chord tone is based on the scale degree of the chord's corresponding major scale starting on the root of the chord.

Suspended or Supension Chords

A sus chord implies the suspension of the third of a chord. The most common and historical use of this supension has been by raising the third of a chord to the fourth (sus4). In some contemporary music the suspension in done by lowering the third to the second (sus2).

Sus 4

Raise the third (3) of the chord one fret.

Sus 2

Lower the third (3) of the chord two frets.

A a sus or suspension displaces the third of a chord. An Amsus4 or Amsus2 would be the same as the sus4 and sus2 chords in week one's A major chord.

Add 2 ADD 9 Chords

Technically the add 2 and add 9 are different chords. Both the 2 and the 9 are the same letters but in different octaves. For all practical purposes on the ukulele you can treat both chords as the same.

Depending on whether you are using a low "G" or high "G" C tuning the added ninth might be a second. Whether you call it an add9 or add2 depends on it the added note is in the same pcate as the root of the chord.

Add 9

Raise the 1 or root of the chord two frets.

Add 2

Raise the 1 or root of the chord two frets.

[ Back to Chord of the Week Club ]

If you ukulele does not allow you access to the higher frets for the a particular chords then substitute another movable form chords or an open position chords.

PRACTICE NOTE: To gain to most from these chord of the Week lesson and the practice progressions. Memorize the location of each chord and the name of the chord. If you can not name a chord that you are playing it it locked in to the situation that you are using the chord in and can not be used elsewhere.

I've pulled this trick question on students after they have played a chord. Typically this happens at the beginning of a lesson before we actually get into the lesson. I'll ask tjem to play a chord that they just played. I'll say play me a D chord. Some will say they don't know chord so and so and it is the chord they just played it.

With this voicing being a particularly difficult voicing and fingering stretch to play there are no practice progressions this week using this voicing.

Next week the first minor chord form appears and things can get interesting as far as practice progressions go. A very large percentage of songs use only major and minor chords.

A Minor 12 Bar Blues

Key of C Major

Key of G Major

Go back and take the progression in week 1 and play with minor chords vs. the major chords indicated.

[ Back to Chord of the Week Club ]