B♭add9 — bouzouki chord
Add 9 · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
B♭add9 (B♭ add9) is built from B♭ C D F: intervals 1 9 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 8-8-10 (B♭ F C)
- Root position: 8-8-12 (B♭ F D)
- 1st inversion: 10-8-8 (C F B♭)
- 1st inversion: 10-8-12 (C F D)
- 2nd inversion: 0-1-3 (D B♭ F)
- 2nd inversion: 0-3-3 (D C F)
- 3rd inversion: 3-1-0 (F B♭ D)
- 3rd inversion: 3-3-0 (F C D)
The open courses D are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists B♭add9 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, 8-8-10 on trichordo, becomes C 10, A 8, D 10 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.