B♭dim7 — bouzouki chord
Diminished 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
B♭dim7 (B♭ diminished 7th) is built from B♭ D♭ F♭ A𝄫: intervals 1 ♭3 ♭5 𝄫7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 8-7-5 (B♭ F♭ A𝄫)
- Root position: 8-10-11 (B♭ A𝄫 D♭)
- 1st inversion: 11-10-8 (D♭ A𝄫 B♭)
- 1st inversion: 11-7-8 (D♭ F♭ B♭)
- 2nd inversion: 2-4-5 (F♭ D♭ A𝄫)
- 2nd inversion: 2-1-5 (F♭ B♭ A𝄫)
- 3rd inversion: 5-4-2 (A𝄫 D♭ F♭)
- 3rd inversion: 5-7-8 (A𝄫 F♭ B♭)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists B♭dim7 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, 8-7-5 on trichordo, becomes C 10, A 7, D 5 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.