B♭maj7 — bouzouki chord
Major 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
B♭maj7 (B♭ major 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: 8-8-7 (B♭ F A)
- Root position: 8-5-7 (B♭ D A)
- 1st inversion: 0-0-3 (D A F)
- 1st inversion: 0-1-3 (D B♭ F)
- 2nd inversion: 3-0-0 (F A D)
- 2nd inversion: 3-1-0 (F B♭ D)
- 3rd inversion: 7-8-8 (A F B♭)
- 3rd inversion: 7-5-8 (A D B♭)
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 B♭maj7 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, 8-8-7 on trichordo, becomes C 10, A 8, D 7 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.