Irish bouzouki G5 chord (ADAD)G power chord: 5 5 5 5, and 2 more shapes

G5 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in ADAD tuning: 5 5 5 5, from the 5th fret
G5 (G power chord) on the Irish bouzouki, ADAD: 5 5 5 5, low course to high (G5/D). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 5 5 5 5 (from the 5th fret) · G5/D

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

Sounds: D G D G  ·  G5 is G, D (1 · 5)

Open courses that ring: D is a note of G5, so it can drone under it.

With a capo: on the 3rd fret it’s 2 2 2 2 (frets counted from the capo), an open E5 shape.

Tuning ADAD: A D A D, low to high.

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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 G5 shapes

  1. 211DDDG5 0 5 5
    open · G5/D
  2. 10fr12GDGD10 0 10 0
    10fr

Other G chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD

GGmG7Gm7G5Gsus2Gsus4Gmaj7Gadd9

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

G5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

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