B 9sus4 Chord on 12-String Guitar

Play B 9sus4 on 12-String Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The B 9sus4 chord is a suspended dominant that replaces the third with a fourth or second over a seventh. It is built from the notes B, C#, E, F#, A. This page shows how to play B 9sus4 on 12-String Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

There is no open-string version on 12-String Guitar: the lowest shape barres fret 7 and covers 3 frets. B falls on the E string. It sounds from B2 up to C#5.

12-String Guitar is strung in six courses of two, the lower four paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on B or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.