Irish bouzouki D chord (ADAD)D major: 0 0 0 4, and 4 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 0 0 0 4 (open position) · D/A
- Low A course: open, A
- Low D course: open, D
- High A course: open, A
- High D course: 4th fret, index finger, F♯
Sounds: A D A F♯ · D is D, F♯, A (1 · 3 · 5)
Found in: D major (I), G major (V), A major (IV), D mixolydian (I), A mixolydian (IV), E mixolydian (♭VII)
Open courses that ring: A and D are notes of D, so they can drone under it.
No 3rd: D5 (0 0 0 0) leaves the 3rd out, so it backs D major, mixolydian, dorian and minor tunes alike.
Tuning ADAD: A D A D, low to high.
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 D shapes
- 0 4 0 0
open · D/A - 5 0 0 4
open - 0 0 9 7
7fr · D/A - 0 0 9 0
9fr · D/A
D in session keys
- D major (I, a main chord): D – G – D – A (a plain backing for many reels and jigs)
- G major (V, a main chord): G – C – G – D (a plain backing for many reels and jigs)
- A major (IV, a main chord): A – D – A – E (a plain backing for many reels and jigs)
- D mixolydian (I, a main chord): D – C – D (the mixolydian sound: D-C-D)
- A mixolydian (IV, a main chord): A – D – A – G (reels in D or A mix)
- E mixolydian (♭VII, a main chord): E – D – E
Other D chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD
Other major chords
D in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app