Banjo Bsus2 chord (Open D)B suspended 2nd on the 5-string banjo: 4 5 4 4, and 3 more shapes

Bsus2 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 4 5 4 4, from the 4th fret, with the short 5th string marked — Bsus2 (B suspended 2nd) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 4 5 4 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 5 4 4 (from the 4th fret)

String 4 (D): 4th fret, index finger (barre), F♯
String 3 (F♯): 5th fret, middle finger, B
String 2 (A): 4th fret, index finger (barre), C♯
String 1 (D): 4th fret, index finger (barre), F♯
String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, in the chord

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

The 5th string: the short f♯ is the 5th of Bsus2, so let it ring.

With a capo: on the 4th fret it’s 0 1 0 0 (frets counted from the capo), an open Gsus2 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 9th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Bsus2 shapes

9 7 9 9
7fr
9 0 9 11
9fr
11 0 14 11
11fr

Other B chords in Open D

B Bm B7 Bm7 Bmaj7 B6 Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other suspended 2nd chords

Gsus2 Asus2 Dsus2 Csus2Bsus2Esus2 Fsus2 B♭sus2

Bsus2 in other tunings

Open G Double C Sawmill C Tuning

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