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Bsus4 chord on guitar

Bsus4 is a suspended fourth chord: tense and hanging, wanting to fall back to the major chord. It is built from B, E and F# (formula 1 4 5). Players often move sus4 to major and back to make one chord sound like a riff. The easiest way to play it in standard tuning is x22452.

Bsus4 fingerings (low E to high E)

1. Barre at fret 2: x22452. Mute the low E string, barre fret 2 from the A to the high E string.
2. Barre at fret 7: 779977. Barre fret 7 from the low E to the high E string.
3. Fret 9: x-x-9-11-12-12. Mute the low E and A strings.

Questions

What notes are in the Bsus4 chord?

Bsus4 is made of B, E and F#: the root, perfect 4th and perfect 5th above B.

What is the easiest way to play Bsus4?

Play x22452 (low E to high E): mute the low E string, barre fret 2 from the A to the high E string.

Also try: B Major · B Minor · B7 · Bmaj7 · Chord Charts