A♭dim7 — bouzouki chord
Diminished 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
A♭dim7 (A♭ diminished 7th) is built from A♭ C♭ E𝄫 G𝄫: intervals 1 ♭3 ♭5 𝄫7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 6-5-3 (A♭ E𝄫 G𝄫)
- Root position: 6-8-9 (A♭ G𝄫 C♭)
- 1st inversion: 9-8-6 (C♭ G𝄫 A♭)
- 1st inversion: 9-11-12 (C♭ A♭ E𝄫)
- 2nd inversion: 0-2-3 (E𝄫 C♭ G𝄫)
- 2nd inversion: 12-11-9 (E𝄫 A♭ C♭)
- 3rd inversion: 3-2-0 (G𝄫 C♭ E𝄫)
- 3rd inversion: 3-5-6 (G𝄫 E𝄫 A♭)
The open courses D are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists A♭dim7 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, 6-5-3 on trichordo, becomes C 8, A 5, D 3 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.