Irish bouzouki Am chord (ADAD)A minor: 0 2 3 2, and 2 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 0 2 3 2 (open position)
- Low A course: open, A
- Low D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
- High A course: 3rd fret, middle finger, C
- High D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
Sounds: A E C E · Am is A, C, E (1 · ♭3 · 5)
Found in: G major (ii), D mixolydian (v), G mixolydian (ii), D dorian (v), G dorian (ii), A dorian (i)
Open courses that ring: A is a note of Am, so it can drone under it.
No 3rd: A5 (0 2 0 2) leaves the 3rd out, so it backs A major, mixolydian, dorian and minor tunes alike.
Tuning ADAD: A D A D, low to high.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose ADAD once in its Settings and it remembers.
More Am shapes
- 3 2 0 2
open · Am/C - 0 10 7 10
7fr
Am in session keys
- A dorian (i, a main chord): Am – G – Am (Am-G-Am, the dorian rock)
- A minor (i, a main chord): Am – G – F – G
- E minor (iv): Em – Am – D – Em (with the minor iv)
- C major (vi): C – Am – F – G (a B part that wanders, or a song)
Other A chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD
Other minor chords
Am in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app