A♭sus4 — bouzouki chord
Suspended 4th · 4 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
A♭sus4 (A♭ sus4) is built from A♭ D♭ E♭: intervals 1 4 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 6-4-1 (A♭ D♭ E♭)
- Root position: 6-6-11 (A♭ E♭ D♭)
- 1st inversion: 11-6-6 (D♭ E♭ A♭)
- 2nd inversion: 1-4-6 (E♭ D♭ 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♭sus4 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, 6-4-1 on trichordo, becomes C 8, A 4, D 1 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.