Bsus2

Bsus2 is B, C# and F#, a suspended second. The shape this page opens on is written x24422, lowest string first.

Note by note. B is the root, C# is the ninth and F# is the fifth.

Also written B2 or B suspended 2nd. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 8 common shapes for Bsus2 on the guitar, and 46 derived voicings in the triad family.

One note away. Change a single note of Bsus2 and you have B (with one note moved), Bm (with one note moved), Bsus4 (with one note moved), Bsus2sus4 (with one note added), Badd9 (with one note added) or Bmadd9 (with one note added).

In which keys. Every note of Bsus2 belongs to C# minor (the ♭VII), D major (the vi), Eb minor (the ♭VI), E major (the V), F# major (the IV), F# minor (the iv), Ab minor (the ♭III), A major (the ii), B major (the I) and B minor (the i).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x24422, 74467x, x44477, 7xx677, 799x79, x-x-9-11-12-9, x-14-11-11-12-14, x-x-11-11-12-14.

Under the hand. None of the shapes for Bsus2 uses an open string, so every one of them is movable; the lowest sits at the 2nd fret. 4 of the 8 need a barre. Together they cover the neck from the 2nd fret to the 14th.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Bsus2 has xxx422, xx442x, x2442x, x4442x, xx4422, 2444xx, x444xx, xxx677.

What kind of chord this is. Bsus2 is a suspended chord — root and fifth, with a second or fourth where the third would be — or nothing at all. suspended and power chords on every root, and what they are for.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.