Irish bouzouki B♭7 chord (ADAD)B♭ seventh: 5 6 8 8, and 2 more shapes

Bb7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in ADAD tuning: 5 6 8 8, from the 5th fret
Bb7 (Bb seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, ADAD: 5 6 8 8, low course to high (Bb7/D). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 5 6 8 8 (from the 5th fret) · Bb7/D

  1. Low A course: 5th fret, index finger, D
  2. Low D course: 6th fret, middle finger, A♭
  3. High A course: 8th fret, little finger (barre), F
  4. High D course: 8th fret, little finger (barre), B♭

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

Open courses that ring: D is a note of B♭7, 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 B♭7 shapes

  1. 5fr3214FA♭DB♭8 6 5 8
    5fr · Bb7/F
  2. 8fr142FDA♭B♭8 0 11 8
    8fr · Bb7/F

Other B♭ chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD

B♭B♭mB♭7

Other seventh chords

D7G7A7E7B7C7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7D♭7A♭7

B♭7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

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