Irish bouzouki Asus4 chord (GDAE)A suspended 4th: 2 0 0 0, and 5 more shapes

Asus4 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 0 0 0, open position
Asus4 (A suspended 4th) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 0 0 0, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

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

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

Sounds: A D A E  ·  Asus4 is A, D, E (1 · 4 · 5)

Open courses that ring: D, A and E are notes of Asus4, 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 Asus4 shapes

  1. 14ADDE2 0 5 0
    open
  2. 5fr231DDEA7 0 7 5
    5fr · Asus4/D
  3. 7fr1DDAE7 0 0 0
    7fr · Asus4/D
  4. 9fr1EDAE9 0 0 0
    9fr · Asus4/E
  5. 12fr1DAEx 0 0 12
    12fr · Asus4/D

Other A chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

AAmA7Am7A5Asus2Asus4Amaj7Aadd9

Other suspended 4th chords

Dsus4Gsus4Asus4Esus4Bsus4Csus4Fsus4F♯sus4

Asus4 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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