Banjo Bsus4 chord (Open D)B suspended 4th on the 5-string banjo: 2 0 2 2, and 6 more shapes

Bsus4 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 2 0 2 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bsus4 (B suspended 4th) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 2 0 2 2, 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: 2 0 2 2 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): 2nd fret, index finger, E
  2. String 3 (F♯): open, F♯
  3. String 2 (A): 2nd fret, middle finger, B
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, ring finger, E
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, in the chord

Sounds: E F♯ B E  ·  Bsus4 is B, E, F♯ (1 · 4 · 5)

The 5th string: the short f♯ is the 5th of Bsus4, so let it ring.

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 Bsus4 shapes

  1. 123f♯EF♯BF♯2 0 2 4
    open
  2. 311f♯F♯F♯BE4 0 2 2
    open
  3. 2fr1413f♯EBBF♯2 5 2 4
    2fr
  4. 7fr314f♯BF♯EB9 0 7 9
    7fr
  5. 9fr1211f♯BEF♯B9 10 9 9
    9fr
  6. 12fr2134f♯EF♯BE14 12 14 14
    12fr

Other B chords in Open D

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other suspended 4th chords

Gsus4Asus4Dsus4Csus4Bsus4Esus4Fsus4B♭sus4

Bsus4 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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