Home › B Guitar Chords › Bsus2 Guitar Chord

Bsus2 Guitar Chord

An open, airy sound without a third — neither major nor minor. Popular in pop, indie rock and ambient music. Often used as a variation of the base chord.

Guitar

Strings 2–2–4–4–2–2

How to play the Bsus2 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 2–2–4–4–2–2 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) Fret 2 · index finger
5th string (A) Fret 2 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · pinky
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · index finger

Other names for the Bsus2 chord

Other names: B suspended 2nd

Music theory name: suspended second chord

Common name: B sus2 chord

Notes and intervals in the Bsus2 chord

Note Interval
B Root
C# Major 2nd
F# Perfect 5th

All variations

Open
2–2–4–4–2–2
Fret 6
7–X–X–6–7–7
Fret 9
9–9–9–11–12–9
Fret 11
X–14–11–11–12–14
Open
X–2–4–4–2–2

Songs using Bsus2