Irish bouzouki A7 chord (GDAE)A seventh: 2 2 4 3, and 4 more shapes

A7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 2 4 3, open position
A7 (A seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 2 4 3, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 2 4 3 (open position)

  1. G course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
  2. D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  3. A course: 4th fret, ring finger, C♯
  4. E course: 3rd fret, middle finger, G

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

Open courses that ring: G, A and E are notes of A7, 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 A7 shapes

  1. 5fr21C♯GAE6 5 0 0
    5fr · A7/C#
  2. 7fr113GAEC♯0 7 7 9
    7fr · A7/G
  3. 9fr31GC♯AC♯0 11 0 9
    9fr · no 5th, A7/G
  4. 11fr1GC♯AE0 11 0 0
    11fr · A7/G

Other A chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

AAmA7Am7A5Asus2Asus4Amaj7Aadd9

Other seventh chords

D7G7A7E7B7C7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7D♭7A♭7

A7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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