Banjo Bsus2 chord (C Tuning)B suspended 2nd on the 5-string banjo: 1 4 2 4, and 5 more shapes

Bsus2 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 1 4 2 4, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Bsus2 (B suspended 2nd) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 1 4 2 4, 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: 1 4 2 4 (first position)

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

Sounds: C♯ B C♯ F♯  ·  Bsus2 is B, C♯, F♯ (1 · 2 · 5)

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the F♯ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

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 Bsus2 shapes

  1. 134gC♯BBF♯1 4 0 4
    open
  2. 4fr341gF♯C♯BF♯6 6 0 4
    4fr
  3. 6fr1124gF♯C♯F♯B6 6 7 9
    6fr
  4. 9fr4231gC♯F♯BB13 11 12 9
    9fr
  5. 11fr123gBF♯BC♯11 11 0 11
    11fr

Other B chords in C Tuning

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other suspended 2nd chords

Gsus2Asus2Dsus2Csus2Bsus2Esus2Fsus2B♭sus2

Bsus2 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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