Irish bouzouki Asus2 chord (GDAE)A suspended 2nd: 2 2 2 0, and 5 more shapes

Asus2 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 2 2 0, open position
Asus2 (A suspended 2nd) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 2 2 0, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

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

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

Sounds: A E B E  ·  Asus2 is A, B, E (1 · 2 · 5)

Open courses that ring: A and E are notes of Asus2, 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 Asus2 shapes

  1. 31BEAE4 2 0 0
    open · Asus2/B
  2. 2fr1114AEBA2 2 2 5
    2fr
  3. 4fr14BAAE4 7 0 0
    4fr · Asus2/B
  4. 7fr312EAAB9 7 0 7
    7fr · Asus2/E
  5. 9fr11EBAE9 9 0 0
    9fr · Asus2/E

Other A chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

AAmA7Am7A5Asus2Asus4Amaj7Aadd9

Other suspended 2nd chords

Dsus2Gsus2Asus2Esus2Bsus2Csus2Fsus2F♯sus2

Asus2 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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