Bbsus2

Bbsus2 is Bb, C and F, a suspended second. The shape this page opens on is written x13311, lowest string first.

Also written Bb2 or Bb suspended 2nd. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 9 common shapes for Bbsus2 on the guitar, and 48 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of Bbsus2 belongs to C minor (the ♭VII), C# major (the vi), D minor (the ♭VI), Eb major (the V), F major (the IV), F minor (the iv), G minor (the ♭III), Ab major (the ii), Bb major (the I) and Bb minor (the i).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x13311, 63356x, x33366, 6xx566, 688x68, x-x-8-10-11-8, x-13-10-10-11-13, x-x-10-10-11-13, x-13-15-15-13-13.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Bbsus2 has xxx311, xx331x, x1331x, x3331x, xx3311, 1333xx, x333xx, xxx566.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.