Standard
B thirteenth suspended fourth · Frets 2–4
B13sus4 guitar chord
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How to play B13sus4 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the four strings from the A to the B at the 2nd fret and your ring finger on the high E string at the 4th fret. Don’t play the low E string.
From the low E string x 2 2 2 2 4 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier B13sus4
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your middle finger on the low E string at the 2nd fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 2nd fret and your index finger on the G string at the 1st fret. Let the A, B and high E strings ring open.
2 0 2 1 0 0
B13sus4, the easier shape
StandardOpen position · 5th in bass · 6 strings
What notes are in B13sus4?
B13sus4, B thirteenth suspended fourth, is B, E, F♯, A, C♯ and G♯: the root (B), the perfect fourth (E), the perfect fifth (F♯), the minor seventh (A), the ninth (C♯) and the thirteenth (G♯). Its formula is 1 4 5 ♭7 9 13.
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B13sus4 on other instruments
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