Irish bouzouki B5 chord (ADAD)B power chord: 2 4 2 4, and 1 more shape

B5 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in ADAD tuning: 2 4 2 4, open position
B5 (B power chord) on the Irish bouzouki, ADAD: 2 4 2 4, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 4 2 4 (open position)

  1. Low A course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
  2. Low D course: 4th fret, middle finger, F♯
  3. High A course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
  4. High D course: 4th fret, ring finger, F♯

Sounds: B F♯ B F♯  ·  B5 is B, F♯ (1 · 5)

Tuning ADAD: A D A D, low to high.

Hear it in the app ›

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 B5 shapes

  1. 9fr1111F♯BF♯B9 9 9 9
    9fr · B5/F#

Other B chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

B5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app