Irish bouzouki C5 chord (GDAD)C power chord: 5 5 3 5, and 3 more shapes

C5 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAD tuning: 5 5 3 5, from the 3rd fret
C5 (C power chord) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAD: 5 5 3 5, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 5 5 3 5 (from the 3rd fret)

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

Sounds: C G C G  ·  C5 is C, G (1 · 5)

Open courses that ring: G is a note of C5, so it can drone under it.

With a capo: on the 3rd fret it’s 2 2 0 2 (frets counted from the capo), an open A5 shape.

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

Hear it in the app ›

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

More C5 shapes

  1. 213GGCG0 5 3 5
    open · C5/G
  2. 5fr11CG5 5 x x
    5fr
  3. 10fr111GCGC0 10 10 10
    10fr · C5/G

Other C chords, Irish bouzouki GDAD

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

C5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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