B♭ — bouzouki chord
Major · 7 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
B♭ (B♭ major) is built from B♭ D F: intervals 1 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Drone (root + 5th): 8-8-8 (B♭ F B♭)
- Root position: 8-8-12 (B♭ F D)
- Root position: 8-5-3 (B♭ D F)
- 1st inversion: 0-1-3 (D B♭ F)
- 1st inversion: 12-8-8 (D F B♭)
- 2nd inversion: 3-1-0 (F B♭ D)
- 2nd inversion: 3-5-8 (F D B♭)
The open courses D are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
On D, the trichordo’s home note, B♭ belongs to these dromoi:
- Senga / Segah: core chord (B♭)
- Niavent (Nihavent): core chord (B♭)
- Karsigar: core chord (B♭)
- Sampak / Sabah: core chord (B♭)
- Ousak (Usak): core chord (B♭)
The same roles on other roots:
- Houzam on B♭: home chord (D → B♭)
- Senga / Segah on B♭: home chord (D → B♭)
- Rast on B♭: home chord (D → B♭)
In the play-along starter progression
The Play Along page opens with this progression:
Dm – Gm – Dm – A7 – Dm – Gm – B♭ – A7 – Dm
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, 8-8-8 on trichordo, becomes C 10, A 8, D 8 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.
More B♭ chords
Relative minor: Gm