Irish bouzouki Bsus2 chord (GDAE)B suspended 2nd: 4 4 4 2, and 3 more shapes

Bsus2 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 4 4 4 2, open position
Bsus2 (B suspended 2nd) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 4 4 4 2, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 4 4 4 2 (open position)

  1. G course: 4th fret, ring finger (barre), B
  2. D course: 4th fret, ring finger (barre), F♯
  3. A course: 4th fret, ring finger (barre), C♯
  4. E course: 2nd fret, index finger, F♯

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

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Bsus2 shapes

  1. 4fr1114BF♯C♯B4 4 4 7
    4fr
  2. 6fr1442C♯BF♯B6 9 9 7
    6fr · Bsus2/C#
  3. 9fr111BF♯C♯x 9 9 9
    9fr

Other B chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7Badd9

Other suspended 2nd chords

Dsus2Gsus2Asus2Esus2Bsus2Csus2Fsus2F♯sus2

Bsus2 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app