A♭ — bouzouki chord
Major · 5 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
A♭ (A♭ major) is built from A♭ C E♭: intervals 1 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Drone (root + 5th): 6-6-6 (A♭ E♭ A♭)
- Root position: 6-6-10 (A♭ E♭ C)
- Root position: 6-3-1 (A♭ C E♭)
- 1st inversion: 10-6-6 (C E♭ A♭)
- 2nd 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
On D, the trichordo’s home note, A♭ belongs to these dromoi:
- Karsigar: core chord (A♭)
The same roles on other roots:
- Houzam on A♭: home chord (D → A♭)
- Senga / Segah on A♭: home chord (D → A♭)
- Rast on A♭: home chord (D → A♭)
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, 6-6-6 on trichordo, becomes C 8, A 6, D 6 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.
More A♭ chords
Relative minor: Fm