B♭aug — bouzouki chord
Augmented · 6 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
B♭aug (B♭ augmented) is built from B♭ D F♯: intervals 1 3 ♯5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 8-5-4 (B♭ D F♯)
- Root position: 8-9-12 (B♭ F♯ D)
- 1st inversion: 0-1-4 (D B♭ F♯)
- 1st inversion: 12-9-8 (D F♯ B♭)
- 2nd inversion: 4-1-0 (F♯ B♭ D)
- 2nd inversion: 4-5-8 (F♯ D B♭)
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♭aug 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, 8-5-4 on trichordo, becomes C 10, A 5, D 4 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.