Matt Heaton - Chord Overview - Chords in the key of G

Interestingly, most people visit the chord page here on the blog. Perhaps this great video by Matt Heaton gets a little lost in the shuffle. In this video, he shows chord shapes in the key of G major. Many chords are close together, making them easy to play. I posted the information on the video about four years ago. Perhaps you'd like to watch it again. 

Matt has published several videos on chords and tunes on youtube. Just look for "Backer Corner Bouzouki" and you'll find lots of good instructional videos he made.

Here's a list of his Backer Corner videos (Bouzouki and Guitar )

If you find this useful you can buy me a pint.

Accompanying in C-Major

Three possibilities to fret the chords  C,F, G. This might be useful if you have the capo on 2nd fret and the next tune is in D. It's always good to know chord shapes which are placed together near, so they are easy to fret. It also sounds better if the accompaniment does not contain such large leaps in pitch.

The other chords you might need are Am and Dm which are:

Am: 2,2,3,0  | 2,2,0,2 | 5,7,7,0

Dm: 2,0,0,3 | 7,0,8,0 | 10,12,0,0

Toormore Slide, An Chóisir, The Wedding Feast, The House Party - One tune, many names - Lots of chord possibilities

I always loved the Toormore Slide. Now I tried to collect some chord possibilities and I found a lot of them. Some are obvious, some might sound a bit strange. If you want try them and tell me which are your favourites.

Here's a version with whistle: Athas

A very slow Fiddle take by Mossie Martin

And a fast one by The Press Gang

Daoiri Farrell - Bouzouki chords for beginners

 Daoiri shows some basic chords for beginners. Just the basic chords, that's all, but helpful for starters.

The Butterfly Slipjig, different chord settings

 I collected some chord settings for accompanying the slipjig The Butterfly. Here's my listing:

Eamon Coughlan - Basic Chords for Folk Music

 Here's some chord theory basics from Eamon Coughlan. He explains how chords are built and gives some tips for playing chords on the bouzouki.

Bouzouki Tips by Fernando Barroso

Fernando Barroso, a fantastic bouzouki player from Spain has recently published some videos on youtube and instagram where he shows some tips for beginners of the bouzouki. They are all in Spanish but you can get subtitles in English.

You can find him on instagram  

This is his youtube channel where you'll find lots more videos of his playing. Highly recommended!

 

First Video about picks:

 

 

Second video how to get a better sound:

Third video use of capo - how to build chords

Steve Knightley - The Mandocello (GDAD Chords)

 Steve Knightley from Show of Hands shows some nice Chords and shows how to use them.