Irish bouzouki D chord (ADAD)D major: 0 0 0 4, and 4 more shapes

D chord chart for Irish bouzouki in ADAD tuning: 0 0 0 4, open position
D (D major) on the Irish bouzouki, ADAD: 0 0 0 4, low course to high (D/A). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 0 0 0 4 (open position) · D/A

  1. Low A course: open, A
  2. Low D course: open, D
  3. High A course: open, A
  4. 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.

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 D shapes

  1. 1AF♯AD0 4 0 0
    open · D/A
  2. 21DDAF♯5 0 0 4
    open
  3. 7fr31ADF♯A0 0 9 7
    7fr · D/A
  4. 9fr1ADF♯D0 0 9 0
    9fr · D/A

D in session keys

Other D chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD

DDmD7Dm7D5Dsus2Dsus4Dmaj7Dadd9

Other major chords

DGAEBCFB♭E♭F♯D♭A♭

D in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

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