Irish bouzouki C5 chord (ADAD)C power chord: 3 5 3 5, and 1 more shape

C5 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in ADAD tuning: 3 5 3 5, from the 3rd fret
C5 (C power chord) on the Irish bouzouki, ADAD: 3 5 3 5, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 3 5 3 5 (from the 3rd fret)

  1. Low A course: 3rd fret, index finger (barre), C
  2. Low D course: 5th fret, middle finger, G
  3. High A course: 3rd fret, index finger (barre), C
  4. High D course: 5th fret, ring finger, G

Sounds: C G C G  ·  C5 is C, G (1 · 5)

With a capo: on the 3rd fret it’s 0 2 0 2 (frets counted from the capo), an open A5 shape.

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 C5 shapes

  1. 10fr1111GCGC10 10 10 10
    10fr · C5/G

Other C chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

C5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

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