Now we’re gonna reach the thumb over and play the base note there on the 7th fret and I like to deaden out the 5th string partly again why it sounds differently on the bar chord. Then to make it suspended, I put the pinky down on the 9th fret that’s on the third string, that’s suspended, pinky off is regular B chord. I’m using the 9th fret from the third, the 8th fret you can see that probably, second finger and first finger is on the 7th fret second string. We’re gonna play it this way – third finger on the 4th string, second finger on the third string and first finger on the second string. It actually has a 7th in it that’s why it sounds slightly different and then when I resolved, I take my pinky off and that makes the actual B chord. I’m just (1:54) on the 7th fret, put my pinky over there on the 9th fret on the 4th string and that’s a BSus4. As a matter of fact, there’s nothing wrong with playing like this (strumming) or suspended (strumming) resolution.

It looks like this with the pinky right there as the 4th when you take it off it’s a third but the (1:42) is just slightly different than Pete Townshend.

By the way, we’re making a B suspended 4 and this is a bar chord. We’re gonna put the third finger on the fourth string that’s the 9th fret. In this case it sounds more like The Who so look at the chord. I prefer not to develop the habit of always have to make a bar chord this way cause it limits me but its fine when I can play a regular bar chord like this and I can reach over just for more variety. Now it’s a good point that there is no absolute wrong or right. Now I taught in videos in the past I don’t like to reach my thumb over the neck but in this case if you wanna sound like Pete Townshend you’ll gonna have to do that. The real way Pete Townshend plays it in The Who is by sticking his thumb over the neck and playing the base note with his thumb. In the past I’ve shown you the D suspended 4, A suspended 4, E suspended 4 these were all open chords. 1:42 Edit Okay so this is a little more complex suspended 4th chord.

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