Irish bouzouki B♭7 chord (GDAE)B♭ seventh: 1 0 1 1, and 3 more shapes

Bb7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 1 0 1 1, open position
Bb7 (Bb seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 1 0 1 1, low course to high (Bb7/Ab). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 1 0 1 1 (open position) · Bb7/Ab

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

Sounds: A♭ D B♭ F  ·  B♭7 is B♭, D, F, A♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

Open courses that ring: D is a note of B♭7, so it 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 B♭7 shapes

  1. 3fr1132B♭FDA♭3 3 5 4
    3fr
  2. 6fr2131DA♭FB♭7 6 8 6
    6fr · Bb7/D
  3. 8fr2143FB♭A♭D10 8 11 10
    8fr · Bb7/F

Other B♭ chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

B♭B♭mB♭7

Other seventh chords

D7G7A7E7B7C7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7D♭7A♭7

B♭7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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