A♭add9 — bouzouki chord
Add 9 · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
A♭add9 (A♭ add9) is built from A♭ B♭ C E♭: intervals 1 9 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 6-6-8 (A♭ E♭ B♭)
- Root position: 6-6-10 (A♭ E♭ C)
- 1st inversion: 8-6-6 (B♭ E♭ A♭)
- 1st inversion: 8-11-10 (B♭ A♭ C)
- 2nd inversion: 10-11-8 (C A♭ B♭)
- 2nd inversion: 10-6-6 (C E♭ A♭)
- 3rd inversion: 1-1-6 (E♭ B♭ A♭)
- 3rd inversion: 1-3-6 (E♭ 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♭add9 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, 6-6-8 on trichordo, becomes C 8, A 6, D 8 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.