Irish bouzouki C7 chord (GDAE)C seventh: 3 2 3 3, and 3 more shapes

C7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 3 2 3 3, open position
C7 (C seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 3 2 3 3, low course to high (C7/Bb). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 3 2 3 3 (open position) · C7/Bb

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

Sounds: B♭ E C G  ·  C7 is C, E, G, B♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

Open courses that ring: G and E are notes of C7, 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 C7 shapes

  1. 213B♭ECE3 2 3 0
    open · no 5th, C7/Bb
  2. 5fr1132CGEB♭5 5 7 6
    5fr
  3. 7fr213GB♭EC0 8 7 8
    7fr · C7/G

Other C chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other seventh chords

D7G7A7E7B7C7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7D♭7A♭7

C7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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