sus chord

[Dave Nereson]

<<..the reason for using a sus chord is to test the compatibility of the 4th
and 5th(D4-G4 and D4-A4) as they are played together. If one is beating
slightly faster than the other, it will show up clearly when played in a
sus4 type of chord and you can make a correction based on this test...yes,
there is going to be some movement in the 4th and the 5th when tuning in ET,
and this sus4 test is suppose to cancel those beats..supposedly, and this is
from the person who showed me this(rip), Russian technicians have been using
this type of 'test' for a long time. When you do this type of test, all the
sus4's should be smooooth.>>

Jim Harvey did a class on various tips and tricks at a National several
years ago, and recommended including this chord in one's mental bag of
tuning checks.        --David Nereson, RPT