Irish bouzouki A7 chord (GDAD)A seventh: 2 2 4 5, and 2 more shapes

A7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAD tuning: 2 2 4 5, from the 2nd fret
A7 (A seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAD: 2 2 4 5, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 2 4 5 (from the 2nd fret)

  1. G course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
  2. Low D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  3. A course: 4th fret, ring finger, C♯
  4. High D course: 5th fret, little finger, G

Sounds: A E C♯ G  ·  A7 is A, C♯, E, G (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

Open courses that ring: G and A are notes of A7, so they can drone under it.

With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 0 0 2 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open G7 shape.

Tuning GDAD: G D A D, low to high.

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The app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD, so it opens on these shapes.

More A7 shapes

  1. 5fr2133C♯GEA6 5 7 7
    5fr · A7/C#
  2. 11fr12GC♯AC♯0 11 0 11
    11fr · no 5th, A7/G

Other A chords, Irish bouzouki GDAD

AAmA7Am7A5Asus2Asus4Amaj7Aadd9

Other seventh chords

D7G7A7E7B7C7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7D♭7A♭7

A7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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