Am — bouzouki chord
Minor · 5 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Am (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): 7-7-7 (A E A)
- Root position: 7-7-10 (A E C)
- Root position: 7-3-2 (A C E)
- 1st inversion: 10-7-7 (C E A)
- 2nd inversion: 2-3-7 (E C A)
The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
The same roles on other roots:
- Hitzaz on A: home chord (Dm → Am)
- Hitzazkiar on A: home chord (Dm → Am)
- Souzinak on A: home chord (Dm → Am)
- Niavent (Nihavent) on A: home chord (Dm → Am)
- Karsigar on A: home chord (Dm → Am)
- Sampak / Sabah on A: home chord (Dm → Am)
- Ousak (Usak) on A: home chord (Dm → Am)
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 major: C