B 13sus4 Chord on E9 Pedal Steel
B 13sus4 on E9 Pedal Steel as a steel plays it: every straight-bar and short slant position with no pedal or lever down, with the strings to pick.
The B 13sus4 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#, G#, A. This page shows how to play B 13sus4 on E9 Pedal Steel with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on E9 Pedal Steel: the lowest shape barres fret 5 and covers 1 fret. The D string stays silent, so 9 of 10 sound. B falls on the F# string. It sounds from E3 up to C#5.
E9 Pedal Steel is tuned B–D–E–F#–G#–B–E–G#–D#–F#, with 15 frets to work with.
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.