Banjo B♭sus2 chord (C Tuning)B♭ suspended 2nd on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 1 3, and 6 more shapes

Bbsus2 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 0 3 1 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bbsus2 (Bb suspended 2nd) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 0 3 1 3, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 0 3 1 3 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, ring finger, B♭
  3. String 2 (B): 1st fret, index finger, C
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, little finger, F
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: C B♭ C F  ·  B♭sus2 is B♭, C, F (1 · 2 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g adds the 6th over B♭sus2, a colour rather than a clash.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More B♭sus2 shapes

  1. 3fr141gCB♭FF0 3 6 3
    3fr
  2. 5fr124gCCFB♭0 5 6 8
    5fr
  3. 5fr1124gFCFB♭5 5 6 8
    5fr
  4. 8fr341gCFB♭B♭0 10 11 8
    8fr
  5. 10fr1121gB♭FB♭C10 10 11 10
    10fr
  6. 12fr1324gCB♭CF12 15 13 15
    12fr

Other B♭ chords in C Tuning

B♭B♭mB♭7B♭m7B♭maj7B♭6B♭sus4B♭sus2B♭dimB♭aug

Other suspended 2nd chords

Gsus2Asus2Dsus2Csus2Bsus2Esus2Fsus2B♭sus2

B♭sus2 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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