Banjo Bsus4 chord (C Tuning)B suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 4 4 0 4, and 3 more shapes

Bsus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 4 4 0 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bsus4 (B suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 4 4 0 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: 4 4 0 4 (open position)

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

Sounds: E B B F♯  ·  Bsus4 is B, E, F♯ (1 · 4 · 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 Bsus4 shapes

  1. 4fr1121gEBEF♯4 4 5 4
    4fr
  2. 6fr1324gF♯EF♯B6 9 7 9
    6fr
  3. 11fr1124gBF♯BE11 11 12 14
    11fr

Other B chords in C Tuning

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Bsus4 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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