Irish bouzouki B5 chord (GDAE)B power chord: 4 4 2 2, and 3 more shapes

B5 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 4 4 2 2, open position
B5 (B power chord) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 4 4 2 2, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

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

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

Sounds: B F♯ B F♯  ·  B5 is B, F♯ (1 · 5)

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 B5 shapes

  1. 11BF♯4 4 x x
    open
  2. 7fr331BF♯Bx 9 9 7
    7fr
  3. 9fr311F♯BF♯11 9 9 x
    9fr · B5/F#

Other B chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7Badd9

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

B5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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