A♭m — bouzouki chord
Minor · 5 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
A♭m (A♭ minor) 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: 6-6-9 (A♭ E♭ C♭)
- Root position: 6-2-1 (A♭ C♭ E♭)
- 1st inversion: 9-6-6 (C♭ E♭ A♭)
- 2nd inversion: 1-2-6 (E♭ C♭ A♭)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
The same roles on other roots:
- Hitzaz on A♭: home chord (Dm → A♭m)
- Hitzazkiar on A♭: home chord (Dm → A♭m)
- Souzinak on A♭: home chord (Dm → A♭m)
- Niavent (Nihavent) on A♭: home chord (Dm → A♭m)
- Karsigar on A♭: home chord (Dm → A♭m)
- Sampak / Sabah on A♭: home chord (Dm → A♭m)
- Ousak (Usak) on A♭: home chord (Dm → A♭m)
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 major: B