B♭m7 — bouzouki chord
Minor 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
B♭m7 (B♭ minor 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: 8-8-6 (B♭ F A♭)
- Root position: 8-8-11 (B♭ F D♭)
- 1st inversion: 11-8-8 (D♭ F B♭)
- 1st inversion: 11-11-8 (D♭ A♭ B♭)
- 2nd inversion: 3-4-6 (F D♭ A♭)
- 2nd inversion: 3-1-6 (F B♭ A♭)
- 3rd inversion: 6-8-8 (A♭ F B♭)
- 3rd inversion: 6-4-3 (A♭ D♭ F)
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♭m7 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, 8-8-6 on trichordo, becomes C 10, A 8, D 6 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.