Irish bouzouki Bsus4 chord (GDAE)B suspended 4th: 4 2 2 2, and 5 more shapes

Bsus4 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 4 2 2 2, open position
Bsus4 (B suspended 4th) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 4 2 2 2, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

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

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

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

Open courses that ring: E is a note of Bsus4, so it can drone under it.

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 Bsus4 shapes

  1. 331BF♯BE4 4 2 0
    open
  2. 31F♯BEx 4 2 0
    open · Bsus4/F#
  3. 4fr114BF♯EE4 4 7 0
    4fr
  4. 7fr3331EBF♯B9 9 9 7
    7fr · Bsus4/E
  5. 9fr111EBF♯E9 9 9 0
    9fr · Bsus4/E

Other B chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7Badd9

Other suspended 4th chords

Dsus4Gsus4Asus4Esus4Bsus4Csus4Fsus4F♯sus4

Bsus4 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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