Guitar chord · Suspended & power
B suspended 2nd chord on guitar
x24422 · Barre · 2nd fret
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play Bsus2 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Open and airy; the 2nd replaces the 3rd, so it is neither major nor minor.
- Notes
- BC♯F♯
- Formula
- 125
- Built from
- root · major 2nd · perfect 5th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Barre · 2nd fret
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 5 strings at the 2nd fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): 2nd fret, held by the barre B
- 4th string (D): 4th fret, ring finger (3) F♯
- 3rd string (G): 4th fret, pinky finger (4) B
- 2nd string (B): 2nd fret, held by the barre C♯
- 1st string (high E): 2nd fret, held by the barre F♯
Tablature
e|--2---| B|--2---| G|--4---| D|--4---| A|--2---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every Bsus2 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing Bsus2 on guitar
There’s no open-string way to play Bsus2 on guitar with the root in the bass, so the standard shape is a barre across the 2nd fret (x24422).
