GDAD tuning
Irish bouzouki (GDAD)
The Irish bouzouki here is tuned GDAD, the modern session standard. Three of its four courses match the GDAE family, and every chart on this site is drawn separately for GDAD rather than borrowed.
Irish bouzouki tabs2705 tunes as GDAD tablature, each on its own page with playback and the ABC source.TunerA microphone tuner in the page, reference tones for every string, and the tuning explained.GDAD chord chartPrintable major, minor, seventh and suspended chord diagrams for this tuning.Irish bouzouki scale chartsTwelve keys and modes as charts on one page, with the chords for each and pentatonic shapes.ABC converterPaste ABC notation, choose your instrument and play the tab. Sign in to save it to your account.How to read tabEach number is a fret, each line a string. The whole system explained on one page.
Where to start
Get in tune first, then pick one easy tune and live with it for a week. The tuner runs in the page, the jigs are the friendliest place to begin, and when a tune fights back, the tab on every tune page slows down and plays along with you.