5 Sus Chords to Get Yourself a Girlfriend

[@dillondaniels5738]

i would never click ion a video with a name like this, but because its by 8bit i might actually be getting me a girlfriend, you're the best man

[@silphv]

Yeah I don't love teaching the algorithm that I liked a video with this title lol but 8bit is worth it.

[@dystopialite5318]

Thank you for another amazing video. I highly appreciate the impressive and diverse range of examples you provide. Your videos always rip me out of a music-writing rut or burnout by reminding me about all these amazing musical concepts in the music I love. I appreciate your passion and hard work.

[@matercan5649]

how did you post this a day before the video was out??

[@surprisedlobsta8543]

@@matercan5649 members

[@aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8]

@@matercan5649 patreon probably

[@strange_man_upstairs]

>vid on how to get a girlfriend >makes among us joke in first minute >checks date >not april 1st what is happening

[@EatItLikeSheDoes]

Do you know what a "sus" chord even is? It means suspended

[@joemkdd]

@@EatItLikeSheDoes referring to the among us gameplay immediately after the intro

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@EatItLikeSheDoesHe knows. "makes among us joke in _first minute_ ", not _the title._

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

That's what I'd like to know. Plus during the Among Us joke, he needlessly piled on that he was a "boomer". He seriously coming out as a chud? Yuck. I hate when they monopolize topics.

[@yummyos]

The sus chords have been far too successful. Thousands of maidens are outside my house I have boarded up my doors

[@goldybold]

hopefully i will acquire some maidens with such chords

[@AE_Thomas]

I keep imagining a beach full of Kens watching this video to win Barbies because they only know Matchbox 20.

[@a18yearoldonyoutubeluigi]

That is definitely a title of an 8 Bit Music Theory video.

[@pmnt_]

Of all possible titles, this is one of them.

[@slicknicdwyer]

8-bit Music Theory playing hard into to his subscriber demographic

[@garetdecker3668]

1:48 Wood Carving Partita from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is crazy

[@fnors2]

The whole OST for SotN is truly amazing

[@Wecoc1]

The song Nocturne from SOTN actually has a great example of fakeout major resolution, where a sus4 goes to min for a few verses and then in a more "hopeful" one goes to a maj instead.

[@possible-realities]

Nice! But what about sus2 chords? Aren't they sus too? Topic for a follow-up?

[@nathanaelfelix8976]

Don’t get me wrong, sus2 are great as a voicing symbol (as a jazz/pop pianist I very much prefer seeing a “sus2” than a “add9(omit3)”, which is what they almost always are). But if we’re talking about functional harmony (which was the case for like, 90% of the video), sus2 chords are kind of a nonsensical concept. It’s gonna be really hard to explain through youtube comments, tho😅

[@jmclean6648]

Sus2 chords to get a boyfriend maybe?

[@pathos_music]

well, actually, they're just a sus4 chord in 1st inversion

[@nathanaelfelix8976]

@@pathos_music I mean, on a purely surface level, you’re technically right. But if you look at them in (a functional) context, they don’t work that way at all

[@pathos_music]

@@nathanaelfelix8976 yeah ik but i'm just sayin cuz thats the reason a lot of people think sus2 chords dont exist

[@denischen8196]

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Flip Swap Galaxy is full of suspended chords. Even the sound of the red and blue panels flipping is a suspended chord.

[@romanallgeier4661]

I'm very impressed you managed to bring up the Pokemon Trading Card Game Gameboy Game's soundtrack again. When your original video on it came out I got inspired to arrange a version of the Grass and Lightning club theme for my jazz band to play. Good times.

[@MyaCutler]

Omgosh I think I know you

[@romanallgeier4661]

@ bro found me

[@MyaCutler]

@@romanallgeier4661good times

[@alexjevincent]

Caught the Mid Manhattan by Casiopea in here... what a lovely little reference. Thanks for explaining the fusion use of these slash chords along with the game contexts - that's been eluding me for a while! And also just the presentation level is now so through the roof. Amazing stuff.

[@skiiipp781]

I love casiopea

[@instrumentalmike]

dude, you are just amazing. I've been watching and learning from your videos for years and you never cease to impress man. So inspiring. Thank you so much for all of your years of hard extraordinary work. You are a gift.

[@owlyus]

Coming from guitar, my main association with an A/B type chord is to use it with a straight B major, going back and forth as a vamp

[@denlimwolf]

I'm married, thanks to this video!

[@fedoraguy6774]

Dang, that fast? Imma need to try these out myself then!

[@ZealanTanner]

I love your videos even though I usually don’t understand what chords go together or what type of chord a chord is. I love when you describe the feeling of the music exactly how I feel it

[@ReloGP14th]

i like to associate the sus chords with Melancholy and Intimacy something like a small distance. Games like Blue Reflection for example the composer abused it a lot which fits the theme and setting of the game way too well

[@thrillhouse4151]

Those Japanese games LOVE those chords, oh my goodness. 14:35, I know you just wanted an excuse to show off this part, the BEST part of a song that has many great parts.

[@mtaur4113]

Kind of weird not to mention Picardy 3rd by name when discussion the I in minor.

[@TheStickCollector]

Maybe i need to try these. I probably won't even get this far

[@nwcr_]

I highly recommend the last one! It's always super fun to just pick random notes and make sus4 out of them

[@STEPHxCA]

Hey, thanks for uploading! Your video about making orchestral arrangements really helped me when composing my first arrangement. Can’t wait to woo my girl after this

[@Mockingdragon]

OMG thank you, I've definitely been curious about different types of sus chords. I love the way they sound but I can tell I don't understand exactly how they work

[@jacksonlovesnintendo]

Wow!! I’m married, have 5 kids, and make 6 figures a year now thanks to this video!!

[@TheZauer]

I am the sussiest baka. I love using the floaty slash chord with the soul voicing as a home chord, as a pivot pont for a nice, suspended, pedal point style chord progression. For example, Bb/C moves nicely to Cm7 and you could play those two chords endlessly over a steady C bassline. But then you wanna change it up and so you move from the Bb/C to something like, gasp, Fm/C! Which naturally wants to resolve to the sussiest of chords, C9sus4 (voiced like Gm7/C). And now it just starts to sound a little bit like an intro to an Alan Parsons Project song, but sussier

[@11BookMaster11]

I always appreciate these vids. To make music theory entertaining but also like genuinely digestible is damn hard. I guess also getting a girlfriend but idk they keep showing up whenever I play these vids.

[@gangganggang2219]

I knew being subbed would pay off some day, here we go!

[@TylerRolloGuitar]

My next song is gonna have five chords in it 🔥

[@HeathcliffeMcHarris]

the B/A stuff is just right for me, gotta take it to the keys next chance thanks

[@Rin-m6b5y]

For thr fake out major sus chord maybe I'm too trained to hear a 4 going to major 3rd too much. I don't really hear any sus chords ever going to minor 3rd or even hear any sus 2 chords used in my life.

[@silphv]

To me, the sus4 to min3 Zelda example sounds more like a hard turn or interjection of the minor than an actual progression to it. So that makes sense. I do hear sus2 to min3 though often enough, I feel like it's fairly common. And sus2 in general has some use. Check out 8bit's video on the Hyrule Castle theme from Link to the Past where he highlights how sus2 chords are pretty central to that sound.

[@tortoiselover7215]

@@silphv I think it has to do with semitone relationships causing a stronger pull. A sus4 has a note a semitone away from the major third while a sus2 has a note a semitone away from the minor third.

[@WhitePaintbrush]

Yeah even when a chord naturally is minor in a key I’m surprised when I actually hear it the 4 resolve to a minor 3

[@octoberonvox]

10:12 come back, Mammal!

[@Kithara1117]

You've created a monster, 8bit

[@Deioth]

Good to finally know what that little "Sus" light up when using Chords Mode on my... *checks notes* TWENTY THREE YEAR OLD CASIO!? *ahem* ah, what "sus" actually means.

[@pokechatter]

As a single female myself, I’m jealous of 8bit’s girlfriend, who is clearly regularly serenaded with many amazing chords

[@luk3to]

I don't trust I don't know why...

[@povilasl5383]

19:11 jazz fusion chords

[@VitaEx]

80s hair metal used a lot of hammer one and pull off between sus 2 and sus4 chord think songs like Panama by VH or round and round by ratt

[@edward3812]

We are so back boys.

[@wizlez]

Incredible video title, good job

[@FizzyK-45]

What a sussy video.

[@VillagerSK1]

16:43 dang that got me good

[@ChristopherSiu]

Now THAT’S a title 😎

[@CAPAE]

*mwah* Immaculate titling

[@e17theconsumer]

1:22 what does this say about KK slider

[@spencerrobinson780]

The thumbnail looks like Luigis sniffing Peaches hair... you might call it sus

[@benjaminvroman5553]

Peak 8-bit

[@lichensinspace]

Don't get us flowers, buy us video games ❤

[@cmdraftbrn]

you over estimate my abilities.

[@SUMLDSGUY]

Instructions unclear. Tried to get a girlfriend. Went straight to getting married.

[@CalebTibster]

Ha! SuS! A YTP classic! Jolly good show! …what’s Among Us?

[@lagerinopino6012]

0:00 no es meme,es anécdota (?

[@conorreedR2C]

Dawg, just @ me next time you're gonna make a vid about my lady struggles 😂

[@FillMakesGames]

XD the intro!

[@DanielS10291]

How dare you assume we are struggling

[@KairuHakubi]

man I would just marry any girl who likes video game music.

[@gallioearthmage]

Dang it. I accidentally used a sus 2 instead of a sus 4, and now I have a boyfriend.

[@ska4dragons]

> Getting a GF > Being sus Something is wrong here...

[@toadley-b9l]

Sus rizz 💀💀💀

[@SilverSylveon1]

18:44 does anyone know what this instrument is?

[@skycloudgaming4023]

do these chords work for boyfriends too

[@Hwyadylaw]

No. For that you'll need to master the secret strumming patterns

[@slippy_bread9586]

The power i felt making the like number go from 887 to 888 is unmatched

[@jwr6796]

I feel like there might be a lot of innuendo in this video, but I don't have a firm enough grasp on music theory to tell. Music theory or women.

[@LowKeyTired-q7d]

Damn bro I sure hope I can get a GF with these sus chords ...

[@lordkoopus]

5 diminished chords to get a divorce

[@deletedTestimony]

WHEN THE CHORD IS SUS!

[@The_Jovian]

Well i didn't get a girlfriend but i _do_ want to play Chrono trigger now

[@kvstaa69]

el mate 🧉

[@MittensOnly]

These chords will get me a girlfriend? Pretty sus...

[@nathanieljones8043]

You aren't old you are young among blew up 4 years ago and was made 6 years ago

[@thiffio9134]

Opportunity missed. You didn't use the leitmotif from the Among Us theme in your intro, even if you don't know anything about it.

[@fabianwolf6849]

Gud bait. Nom nom.

[@shinydino]

That title is perfect.

[@yeet-xm1nu]

Does this work on men?

[@connorlarkinbass]

Thanks for ruining my relationship with these sus chords...jerk!

[@jorgeluiz1698]

Idk about these chords man, they seem kinda sus

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

… really, man? The other jokes were great, as was the lesson, but going so hard into objectifying the fairer gender, even in jest, isn't just cringe; it's VILE. So much so that I'm jumping you straight to Strike 2 in my book. Pull anything like this again and you're dumped.

[@ThatRedHusky]

(sus)2 sus4 me puns aside, I love me my sus2

[@jorgeluiz1698]

Idk about these chords man, they seem kinda sus