Bsus2 ukulele chord

Open and unresolved. The third is replaced by a second, so the chord is neither major nor minor.

B suspended 2nd · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes

How to Play Bsus2 on Ukulele

The easiest shape is 4122: G string 4th fret · C string 1st fret · E string 2nd fret · A string 2nd fret.

Bsus2 ukulele chord, First position

First position

4 1 2 2

Bsus2 ukulele chord, Barre at fret 44

Barre at fret 4

4 6 7 4

Bsus2 ukulele chord, Barre at fret 99

Barre at fret 9

11 11 9 9

Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.

Notes in Bsus2

B
root
C♯
2nd
F♯
5th

A ukulele has four strings, so a 3-note chord doubles one of its notes on the spare string. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.

Bsus2 on Other Instruments

  • Guitar: see the Bsus2 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
  • Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 4422. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.
  • Same notes: Bsus2 contains exactly the notes of F♯sus4, so one shape plays both.

Tune first

A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.

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