Beginner Irish Bouzouki Lesson - Chords in the key of D

UPDATE: Frank Herrmann has made a video expanding these chords to different positions on the neck. That video, and its accompanying chord chart, can be found here:
• Irish Bouzouki GDAD - ...
irish-bouzouki.blogspot.co.uk
This series of lessons is intended to give you a solid start at playing the Irish bouzouki in GDAD tuning.
Here I show you basic chords in the key of D major on Irish bouzouki.
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

[@suzukimusicschoolofnewtown6548]

Thank you for taking the time to show us beginners how to play, we really appreciate your kindness.

[@timcallahan9894]

The best video I've seen covering the basics of bouzouki chord structure. Bravo!

[@georgenico8257]

Thank you so much man. Great video. I am Greek and just moved to Scotland. Cant wait to start studying this beautiful instrument.

[@TheMurrier]

Excellent tutorial,thank you.

[@allandunn1431]

Great content. Thanks so much. And the fookin theory is very useful.

[@fluteheart]

thank you, I think I finally get it now!

[@ChristianEmilsson]

Thanks alot, helped me alot

[@colinhesketh4710]

Thanks very much..much appreciated..any more please?

[@suzukimusicschoolofnewtown6548]

Thank you.

[@suzukimusicschoolofnewtown6548]

Thank you so much

[@tomasquigley2028]

Hi Bob I am an Irish musician I play the longneck banjo and guitar but I love the sound of the bouzouki accompanying Irish tunes so I bought one I have found your videos so helpful actually great thanks for that,but I can’t seem to get a bouzouki chord book anywhere can you advise please as to where I could purchase one? Thanks again brilliant videos👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@mrg8056]

Try Amazon buddy I’ve just purchased a book with a couple of thousand cords, more than enough

[@michaelufford193]

If you wanted to play in the key of A (with bellows pipes for example) would you put a CAPO on fret 7 and play the D chords, or put your capo on fret 2 and play the G chords? Thanks.

[@rocksnshit]

Great question. You can do either, and should experiment with both. I would tend to put a capo at 7 and play the D-style chords, because I like the sound of chords that omit the major 3rd.

[@aeropostale101nw]

What brand of bouzouki is this and could you post a link to where it can be purchased?

[@slq3263]

Thank you very much for your videos. Have you ever thought of starting a patreon page?

[@DavidHoodEdinburgh]

Daft question - what tuning best with Scots trad? I know guitar has standard and a few others (e.g. DADGAD) - what is best for bouzouki? it will be easier for me to pick up if it is a mandolin/fiddle reverse guitar tuning!

[@rocksnshit]

If you're playing anything with chords the GDAD is probably best. Gives you easy access to keys of G, D, and Em, and can be capoed up to 2 for A and Am. If you are just playing melodies and already know fiddle/mandolin tuning then you'll probably find it easier sticking to GDAE.

[@marcelkoster4259]

Are the low G and D strings tuned an octave apart?

[@rocksnshit]

I have all my pairs of strings tuned in unison - exactly the same pitch. Many people prefer to have higher octave strings on the low G and D pairs, but I prefer the sound of unison strings.

[@dominicforrest938]

Hi, very useful. Is there any way of getting your book in non-digital format? Been trying to get hold of it (Chord-melody playing for the Irish Bouzouki) and can only find the kindle version which I can't use. Thanks.

[@rocksnshit]

Hi Dominic, thanks for your interest. Please send me an email at [e-mail] and I'll sort you one out.

[@dominicforrest938]

Great, thanks Bob. Have emailed you.

[@adrianedwards3212]

Is it possible to buy the book as a download, not as Kindle please?

[@rocksnshit]

Hi Adrian, send me an email [e-mail] and I'll send you a PDF

[@adrianedwards3212]

@@rocksnshit thank you.

[@rogerbeaird5742]

Tuned in GDAD RIGHT

[@Watermelon_cat-ro6qc]

Yes

[@premierfuncasino]

Go raibh mhait agat

[@kevinboyd8862]

just show us the fookin chords we can figure out the theory