Irish bouzouki E5 chord (GDAE)E power chord: x 2 2 0, and 4 more shapes

E5 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: x 2 2 0, open position
E5 (E power chord) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: x 2 2 0, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

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

  1. G course: not played
  2. D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  3. A course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
  4. E course: open, E

Sounds: E B E  ·  E5 is E, B (1 · 5)

Open courses that ring: E is a note of E5, 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 E5 shapes

  1. 311BEBE4 2 2 0
    open · E5/B
  2. 31BE4 2 x x
    open · E5/B
  3. 7fr331EBEE9 9 7 0
    7fr
  4. 9fr11EB9 9 x x
    9fr

Other E chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

EEmE7Em7E5Esus2Esus4Emaj7Eadd9

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

E5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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