Bsus4 chord on ukulele

Bsus4 is B, E and F♯. The usual shape is 4-4-2-2. Press Play to hear it, then try it at half speed.

4-4-2-2 · movable · medium

Notes: B · E · F♯
Formula: 1 · 4 · 5
First shape: 4-4-2-2

How to play Bsus4 on ukulele

Shape 1, 4-4-2-2, reading from the G string on the left, starts at the 2nd fret:

Put your index finger on the E string at the 2nd fret, which is F♯.
Put your middle finger on the A string at the 2nd fret, which is B.
Put your ring finger on the G string at the 4th fret, which is B.
Put your pinky finger on the C string at the 4th fret, which is E.

Your little finger has a job in this shape; it gets stronger in a week or two of short daily practice.
Strum with the pad of your index finger or thumb, all four strings, across the spot where the neck meets the body.

Other ways to play Bsus4

9-6-7-7: movable shape at the 6th fret, medium. Use it when the next chord sits nearby on the neck.
9-11-12-9: movable shape at the 9th fret, medium. Higher up the neck it sounds brighter; handy when another guitar is already playing a lower shape.

Capo shortcuts for Bsus4

No barre needed if a capo is allowed: capo on the 4th fret and play the open Gsus4 shape (0-2-3-3). The chord sounds as Bsus4 because the capo raises every string by 4 half steps.

Changing from Bsus4 to the chords around it

The chords Bsus4 usually goes to, and what changes under your fingers.

B (resolves down to the third): Bsus4 (4-4-2-2) to B (4-3-2-2): your index and middle fingers stay put, the ring finger goes to the C string, 3rd fret, the pinky finger slides across to the G string at the same fret. Listen for B and F♯, which stay put while the rest moves. B on ukulele
E (IV in B major): Bsus4 (4-4-2-2) to E (1-4-0-2): your middle finger stays put, move the index finger to the G string, 1st fret, the ring finger slides across to the C string at the same fret. Shared notes: B and E. E on ukulele
F♯ (V in B major): Bsus4 (4-4-2-2) to F♯ (3-1-2-1): move the index finger to the C string, 1st fret, move the middle finger to the A string, 1st fret, the ring finger goes to the E string, 2nd fret. No finger can stay, so practice lifting all of them together and landing the new shape as a unit. Shared note: F♯. F♯ on ukulele

Bsus4 lifts the third up to the fourth. All 3 notes of Bsus4 fit on the ukulele's four strings, with one of them doubled. Bsus4 holds the fourth where the third should be; drop it a half step or whole step into B or Bm to resolve. The slow arpeggio button above makes that quality easy to hear.

Getting Bsus4 under your fingers

Before strumming, play 4-4-2-2 note by note: B then E then F♯ then B. A dead note tells you exactly which finger to fix. Next, alternate 4-4-2-2 and 9-6-7-7, slowly, until the change takes less than a beat.

Keys and progressions with Bsus4

Bsus4 on guitar and piano

Bsus4 on guitar and piano uses the same 3 notes in a different layout. See all three together.

Next to try on ukulele

Other suspended fourth chords

Bsus4 on ukulele: questions

What notes are in Bsus4 on ukulele?

B, E and F♯. In the 4-4-2-2 shape the strings play B (G string), E (C string), F♯ (E string) and B (A string), so B is doubled.

What's the easiest way to play Bsus4 on ukulele?

Bsus4 has no open-string shape in standard tuning, so every version needs a barre or a stretch. Start with 4-4-2-2. It uses 4 fingers and no barre, and in many songs a capo can take over part of the work.

Is Bsus4 a barre chord on ukulele?

Not usually: 4-4-2-2 needs no barre.

Which string does Bsus4 start on?

In the 4-4-2-2 shape the lowest string you play is the G string at the 4th fret, which is B, the root.

Checked automatically: no shape here plays a note outside Bsus4. Updated September 2026.