Just like pedal notes, suspended chords are an important feature of Townshend’s chord style. Here’s the open Esus4 shape used (in arpeggio form) at the start of Behind Blue Eyes.

The Who's 1971 "Behind Blue Eyes" has become one of the band's most recognizable, with Roger Daltrey's serene voice cutting through.

Terms such as ‘altered’ and ‘extended’ chords are relatively simple to explain. Extended chords add other notes from the scale to the existing root-3rd-5th triad (for example, C-E-G), so if we add a ...

In theory, the name of a chord should describe its content, especially if it differs from the root-3rd-5th of a standard major chord. In guitar circles, describing a chord as ‘G’ without any ...

U2's Bono had a difficult childhood. As a teenager, The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes" resonated with him. Pete Townshend opened up about the song's meaning.

He’s an absolute wizard with the guitar on stage. “Behind Blue Eyes” “Behind Blue Eyes” is mostly memorable for Roger Daltrey’s soaring vocals.