Chord boxes for the Irish bouzouki, with the open drones that give it its sound See the scales on the bouzouki neck →
Lowest course (the G, or A in ADAD) on the left. ○ open, × not played. Each string is a pair of strings tuned together, often with the bottom two an octave apart. Bouzouki players lean on open strings, so many of these shapes leave the third out on purpose: the open drones carry the tune's key.