Irish bouzouki F7 chord (GDAE)F seventh: 2 1 3 1, and 5 more shapes

F7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 1 3 1, open position
F7 (F seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 1 3 1, low course to high (F7/A). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 1 3 1 (open position) · F7/A

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

Sounds: A E♭ C F  ·  F7 is F, A, C, E♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

Open courses that ring: A is a note of F7, 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 F7 shapes

  1. 312AE♭AF2 1 0 1
    open · no 5th, F7/A
  2. 12E♭AFx 1 0 1
    open · no 5th, F7/Eb
  3. 3fr2143CFE♭A5 3 6 5
    3fr · F7/C
  4. 7fr2133E♭AFC8 7 8 8
    7fr · F7/Eb
  5. 10fr112FCAE♭10 10 0 11
    10fr

Other F chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

FFmF7Fm7F5Fsus2Fsus4Fmaj7Fadd9

Other seventh chords

D7G7A7E7B7C7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7D♭7A♭7

F7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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