A6 — bouzouki chord

Major 6th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)

Notes and intervals

A6 (A 6th) is built from A C♯ E F♯: intervals 1 3 5 6.

Fingerings on D-A-D

Frets, low D · A · high D

  1. Root position: 7-4-4 (A C♯ F♯)
  2. Root position: 7-7-4 (A E F♯)
  3. 1st inversion: 11-7-7 (C♯ E A)
  4. 1st inversion: 11-9-7 (C♯ F♯ A)
  5. 2nd inversion: 2-4-4 (E C♯ F♯)
  6. 2nd inversion: 2-0-4 (E A F♯)
  7. 3rd inversion: 4-4-2 (F♯ C♯ E)
  8. 3rd inversion: 4-4-7 (F♯ C♯ A)

The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.

In the dromoi

None of the dromoi on this site lists A6 among its chords, so it is shown here as a shape reference.

Trichordo (D-A-D) and tetrachordo (C-F-A-D)

These shapes are for the three-course trichordo. A tetrachordo’s A and D courses are tuned the same, so the top two notes stay put and the low-D bass note moves two frets up the C course. The first shape, 7-4-4 on trichordo, becomes C 9, A 4, D 4 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.

More A chords

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