1,008 guitar chords with several shapes each, finger numbers, difficulty and real sound, in any tuning.
Bsus4 is a suspended fourth chord made of 3 notes: B, E, F♯. It sounds tense and hanging, as if waiting to resolve, and you hear it in the classic sus4-to-major move at the end of a phrase. It is the I chord of B major and turns up in 5 other keys.
The library above opens on Bsus4 with 14 shapes up and down the neck, starting with hand-checked ones. Tap a shape to hear it, or play it one string at a time.
| Note | Degree | Interval from B | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | root | 0 |
| E | 4 | perfect fourth | 5 |
| F♯ | 5 | perfect fifth | 7 |
Formula: 1 – 4 – 5. On guitar the 5th is often left out of the bigger shapes without changing the chord.
x24452799977x24400x22x02xxx400xx997xThe open position shape is the one to learn first. Once it is easy, try the shape at the 7th fret (799977): the same chord, higher and brighter, handy when the chords before and after it sit up the neck.
Bsus4 belongs to 6 keys: V in E major, IV in F♯ major, I in B major, VII in C♯ minor, VI in E♭ minor, III in G♯ minor. In B major, try I–V–vi–IV: Bsus4 – F♯ – G♯m – E.
B, E, F♯: the root, fourth, fifth.
Open position: x24400 (low string first), rated Beginner.
Bsus4 has E where Bsus2 has C♯. Bsus4 sounds tense and hanging, as if waiting to resolve; Bsus2 sounds open and airy, neither major nor minor.
No. The easiest shape is rated Beginner and needs 3 fingers.