Irish bouzouki Gm chord (ADAD)G minor: 5 5 5 8, and 1 more shape
Frets, low course to high: 5 5 5 8 (from the 5th fret) · Gm/D
- Low A course: 5th fret, index finger (barre), D
- Low D course: 5th fret, index finger (barre), G
- High A course: 5th fret, index finger (barre), D
- High D course: 8th fret, little finger, B♭
Sounds: D G D B♭ · Gm is G, B♭, D (1 · ♭3 · 5)
Found in: G dorian (i), D minor (iv), G minor (i), F major (ii), B♭ major (vi), E♭ major (iii)
Open courses that ring: D is a note of Gm, so it can drone under it.
No 3rd: G5 (5 5 5 5) leaves the 3rd out, so it backs G major, mixolydian, dorian and minor tunes alike.
With a capo: on the 5th fret it’s 0 0 0 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open Dm shape.
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 Gm shapes
- 10 0 10 8
8fr
Gm in session keys
- G dorian (i, a main chord): Gm – F – Gm
- G minor (i, a main chord): Gm – F – E♭ – F
- D minor (iv): Dm – Gm – C – Dm (with the minor iv)
Other G chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD
Other minor chords
Gm in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app