Irish bouzouki F♯5 chord (GDAE)F♯ power chord: x 4 4 2, and 3 more shapes

F#5 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: x 4 4 2, open position
F#5 (F# power chord) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: x 4 4 2, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

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

  1. G course: not played
  2. D course: 4th fret, ring finger (barre), F♯
  3. A course: 4th fret, ring finger (barre), C♯
  4. E course: 2nd fret, index finger, F♯

Sounds: F♯ C♯ F♯  ·  F♯5 is F♯, C♯ (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 F♯5 shapes

  1. 4fr311C♯F♯C♯6 4 4 x
    4fr · F#5/C#
  2. 9fr2311F♯C♯F♯C♯11 11 9 9
    9fr
  3. 11fr11F♯C♯11 11 x x
    11fr

Other F♯ chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

F♯F♯mF♯7F♯m7F♯5F♯sus2F♯sus4F♯maj7F♯add9

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

F♯5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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