Standard
B suspended second · A shape
Bsus2 guitar chord
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B suspended second and fourth · Open position
How to play Bsus2 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the five strings from the A to the high E at the 2nd fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 4th fret and your little finger on the G string at the 4th fret. Don’t play the low E string.
From the low E string x 2 4 4 2 2 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier Bsus2
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your index finger on the D string at the 4th fret, your ring finger on the G string at the 6th fret and your little finger on the high E string at the 7th fret. Let the B string ring open. Don’t play the low E and A strings.
x x 4 6 0 7
Bsus2, the easier shape
StandardFrets 4–7 · 5th in bass · 4 strings, 1 open
What notes are in Bsus2?
Bsus2, B suspended second, is B, C♯ and F♯: the root (B), the major second (C♯) and the perfect fifth (F♯). Its formula is 1 2 5.
Is Bsus2 the same as Badd9?
No, though the names point at the same extra note, C♯. Bsus2 leaves out the third, so it is neither major nor minor; Badd9 keeps the third, D♯, and adds the ninth on top.
Where does Bsus2 go?
Often back to B or Bm, C♯ moving up to the third. It also works on its own as an open, ringing chord.
More B chords on guitar
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Suspended second chords in every key
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