A♭6 — bouzouki chord
Major 6th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
A♭6 (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
- Root position: 6-3-3 (A♭ C F)
- Root position: 6-6-3 (A♭ E♭ F)
- 1st inversion: 10-6-6 (C E♭ A♭)
- 1st inversion: 10-8-6 (C F A♭)
- 2nd inversion: 1-3-3 (E♭ C F)
- 2nd inversion: 1-3-6 (E♭ C A♭)
- 3rd inversion: 3-3-1 (F C E♭)
- 3rd inversion: 3-3-6 (F C A♭)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists A♭6 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, 6-3-3 on trichordo, becomes C 8, A 3, D 3 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.