Mandolin D5 chordD power chord: 2 0 0 x, and 5 more shapes

D5 chord chart for mandolin in GDAE tuning: 2 0 0 x, open position
D5 (D power chord) on the mandolin, GDAE: 2 0 0 x, low course to high (D5/A). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 0 0 x (open position) · D5/A

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

Sounds: A D A  ·  D5 is D, A (1 · 5)

Open courses that ring: D and A are notes of D5, so they can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose Mandolin once in its Settings and it remembers.

More D5 shapes

  1. DAx 0 0 x
    open
  2. 144ADDA2 0 5 5
    open · D5/A
  3. 5fr31DDAA7 0 0 5
    5fr
  4. 7fr14DDAD7 0 0 10
    7fr
  5. 10fr31DADx 0 12 10
    10fr

Other D chords, Mandolin GDAE

DDmD7Dm7D5Dsus2Dsus4Dmaj7Dadd9

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

D5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADAD

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