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): 7-7-7 (A E A)
- Root position: 7-7-11 (A E C♯)
- Root position: 7-4-2 (A C♯ E)
- 1st inversion: 11-7-7 (C♯ E A)
- 2nd inversion: 2-4-7 (E C♯ A)
The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
On D, the trichordo’s home note, A belongs to these dromoi:
- Hitzazkiar: core chord (A)
- Houzam: core chord (A)
- Senga / Segah: core chord (A)
- Rast: core chord (A)
- Souzinak: core chord (A)
- Niavent (Nihavent): 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, 7-7-7 on trichordo, becomes C 9, A 7, D 7 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.
More A chords
Relative minor: F♯m