Irish bouzouki B7 chord (ADAD)B seventh: 2 1 0 1, and 2 more shapes

B7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in ADAD tuning: 2 1 0 1, open position
B7 (B seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, ADAD: 2 1 0 1, low course to high (no 5th). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 1 0 1 (open position) · no 5th

  1. Low A course: 2nd fret, ring finger, B
  2. Low D course: 1st fret, index finger, D♯
  3. High A course: open, A
  4. High D course: 1st fret, middle finger, D♯

Sounds: B D♯ A D♯  ·  B7 is B, D♯, F♯, A (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

Open courses that ring: A is a note of B7, so it can drone under it.

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 B7 shapes

  1. 121AD♯BD♯0 1 2 1
    open · no 5th, B7/A
  2. 6fr3214F♯AD♯B9 7 6 9
    6fr · B7/F#

Other B chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7

Other seventh chords

D7G7A7E7B7C7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7D♭7A♭7

B7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

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