B♭ suspended 4th chord

Playing it

There’s no open-string way to play B♭sus4 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 1st fret (x11341).

On piano, B♭sus4 has two black keys (B♭ and E♭) and one white key.

On ukulele the usual B♭sus4 shape is 3311, with a small 2-string barre at the 1st fret.

Related chords

B♭sus4 contains exactly the same notes as E♭sus2. Which name fits depends on which note is in the bass and what key you’re in.

Move a single note and B♭sus4 becomes a different chord: lower E♭ to D for B♭, swap E♭ for D♭ for B♭m, swap E♭ for C for B♭sus2 and add A♭ for B♭7sus4.