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Bsus Guitar Chord

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

Guitar

Strings X–2–4–4–0–0

How to play the Bsus chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–2–4–4–0–0 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 2 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · pinky
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the Bsus chord

Other names: B suspended, Bsus4

Music theory name: suspended chord

Common name: B sus chord

Notes and intervals in the Bsus chord

Note Interval
B Root
E Perfect 4th
F# Perfect 5th

All variations

Open
X–2–4–4–0–0
Fret 2
X–2–2–4–5–2
Fret 2
X–2–4–4–5–2
Fret 7
7–7–9–9–7–7

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys