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Bbsus Guitar Chord

Shorthand for sus4. A tense sound with a natural pull to resolve to the major chord.

Guitar

Strings X–1–1–3–4–1

How to play the Bbsus chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–1–3–4–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · pinky
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the Bbsus chord

Other names: Bb suspended, Bbsus4

Music theory name: suspended chord

Common name: Bb sus chord

Notes and intervals in the Bbsus chord

Note Interval
Bb Root
Eb Perfect 4th
F Perfect 5th

All variations

Open
X–1–1–3–4–1
Open
X–1–3–3–4–1
Fret 6
6–6–8–8–6–6
Fret 6
6–8–8–8–6–6

More chords with Bb as the root

The same chord type in other keys