Tuesday 29 August 2017

Chords in the Key of D and G

This is by far the most visited blog entry. So it seems that most people are looking for chord-shapes. There are a lot more blog entries which deal with chord or chord shapes. Maybe you could have a look at the labels on the right side. There you'll find some chord charts and some more information and videos about the topic chords.

 

Bob Gooday has released two videos on youtube which deal with Chords in the key of D and G. If you are a beginner this could be really helpful. As these are beginner tutorials he does not all possibilities on the fretboard. So this can only be a starting point.

Basic Chords in D


These are the basic chords he uses in this video:


Chord symbols - low to high string. 0=open string, x=do not play

D5 x000 or 2000 or 7000
A5 2202 or 2200 (with a D drone)
G5 0555

D Major x400 or 7400
A Major 2242
G Major 0020 or 0520 or 0025

B Minor 4420
B5 4424

E Minor 0222
E5 x222





Basic chords in G




Here are the chord shapes he uses in this video:

Chord symbols - low to high string. 0=open string, x=do not play

G Major 0020 or 0520 or 0025
G5 0555

D5 x000 or 2000
D Major 7400
C Major 0232 or 5232

A Minor 2232
A5 2202

E Minor 0222
E5 x222


To give you a lot more information here are chord charts I made for the key of D. They are in useful combinations. So every line shows one possible chord combination. There are lot of 2-Finger chords which let the open A and D string ring to give a drone Sound which is so special to the bouzouki.


















And here is my video which shows how these chords sound like.

7 comments:

William Turner said...

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andygee2011 said...

Just got one out the case to play at the next gig.....whenever that might be! Needed a memory boost! Thank you. I'll work out the rest😂😂 Good teacher.

Anonymous said...

Very long time guitar player, but a first time Bouzouki player. Your videos are great and easy to understand. Thank you so much for your efforts and all of your time that you devote to teaching.

Unknown said...

Hello, I'm new to the bouzouki and this website. I noticed that you have a few Daoiri Farrel tabs. Any chance you could post one for Foggy Dew. After hearing this version I went out and bought a bouzouki. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lw1T-M_FNc
Would love to learn this version. Thanks

tislam1 said...

How to play C5 and F5 easy way?

tislam1 said...

How to play C5 and F5?

Irish Bouzouki said...

F5 could be x333 or 5333 or 10,10,8,10 (low to high)
C5 could be 5535
hope that helps.