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Bsus2sus4 Guitar Chord

A very open, ambient sound with both suspended notes replacing the third. Neither major nor minor. Used in modern pop, post-rock and ambient music.

Guitar

Strings X–2–2–4–2–2

How to play the Bsus2sus4 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Bsus2sus4 chord

Other names: B suspended 2nd and 4th

Music theory name: suspended second and fourth chord

Common name: B sus2sus4 chord

Notes and intervals in the Bsus2sus4 chord

Note Interval
B Root
C# Major 2nd
E Perfect 4th
F# Perfect 5th

All variations

Open
X–2–2–4–2–2
Fret 7
7–7–9–9–7–9
Fret 4
7–7–4–6–X–X

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Bsus2sus4

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