Irish bouzouki G5 chord (GDAE)G power chord: 0 5 5 3, and 5 more shapes

G5 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 0 5 5 3, open position
G5 (G power chord) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 0 5 5 3, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 0 5 5 3 (open position)

  1. G course: open, G
  2. D course: 5th fret, ring finger (barre), G
  3. A course: 5th fret, ring finger (barre), D
  4. E course: 3rd fret, index finger, G

Sounds: G G D G  ·  G5 is G, D (1 · 5)

Open courses that ring: G and D are notes of G5, 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 G5 shapes

  1. GD0 0 x x
    open
  2. 31GDDG0 0 5 3
    open
  3. 7fr144DDGD7 0 10 10
    7fr · G5/D
  4. 10fr11GDGD0 0 10 10
    10fr
  5. 12fr1GD0 12 x x
    12fr

Other G chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

GGmG7Gm7G5Gsus2Gsus4Gmaj7Gadd9

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

G5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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