Asus4 — bouzouki chord
Suspended 4th · 6 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Asus4 (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: 7-5-2 (A D E)
- Root position: 7-7-12 (A E D)
- 1st inversion: 0-0-2 (D A E)
- 1st inversion: 12-7-7 (D E A)
- 2nd inversion: 2-0-0 (E A D)
- 2nd inversion: 2-5-7 (E D A)
The open courses D, A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Asus4 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, 7-5-2 on trichordo, becomes C 9, A 5, D 2 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.