Irish bouzouki B♭ chord (ADAD)B♭ major: 1 3 1 0, and 3 more shapes

Bb chord chart for Irish bouzouki in ADAD tuning: 1 3 1 0, open position
Bb (Bb major) on the Irish bouzouki, ADAD: 1 3 1 0, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 1 3 1 0 (open position)

  1. Low A course: 1st fret, index finger (barre), B♭
  2. Low D course: 3rd fret, ring finger, F
  3. High A course: 1st fret, index finger (barre), B♭
  4. High D course: open, D

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

Found in: G dorian (♭III), D minor (♭VI), G minor (♭III), F major (IV), B♭ major (I), E♭ major (V)

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

  1. 123B♭DB♭F1 0 1 3
    open
  2. 5fr314FDDB♭8 0 5 8
    5fr · Bb/F
  3. 8fr211FDFB♭8 0 8 8
    8fr · Bb/F

B♭ in session keys

Other B♭ chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD

B♭B♭mB♭7

Other major chords

DGAEBCFB♭E♭F♯D♭A♭

B♭ in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

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