Irish bouzouki A5 chord (GDAE)A power chord: 2 2 0 0, and 5 more shapes

A5 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 2 0 0, open position
A5 (A power chord) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 2 0 0, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 2 0 0 (open position)

  1. G course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
  2. D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  3. A course: open, A
  4. E course: open, E

Sounds: A E A E  ·  A5 is A, E (1 · 5)

Open courses that ring: A and E are notes of A5, so they can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More A5 shapes

  1. 1EAEx 2 0 0
    open · A5/E
  2. 114AEAA2 2 0 5
    open
  3. 5fr331AEAx 7 7 5
    5fr
  4. 7fr1AAEx 7 0 0
    7fr
  5. 12fr1AEx x 0 12
    12fr

Other A chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

AAmA7Am7A5Asus2Asus4Amaj7Aadd9

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

A5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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