Bbsus2 chord
Bbsus2 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.
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Bbsus2 is equivalent to A sharp sus 2nd. Bbsus2 can be seen as a Bb major triad with the third (D) replaced by the second (C). It's usually played as a barre chord, whereas It's difficult to find natural fingerings for open chords.
Shown in the Fingerings diagram is a barre shape with the index finger laying over five strings – for the suspended 2nd chord, barre shapes with the root on the 6th strings is less suitable.
As shown in Notes diagram, three distinct notes are played with Bb and F doublings.
Short notation: X13311.
Chord structure
The chord consists of three notes. The notes represent the root, second and perfect fifth intervals.
Chord name
Bbsus2 is an abbreviation for B flat suspended second.
Notes
The notes that the Bbsus2 chord consists of are Bb, C and F.
Chord progressions
Bb - Bbsus2 - Bb
Inversions
1st inversion: Bbsus2/C (means that C is the bass note).
2nd inversion: Bbsus2/F (means that F is the bass note).