B♭m — bouzouki chord
Minor · 5 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
B♭m (B♭ minor) 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: 8-8-11 (B♭ F D♭)
- Root position: 8-4-3 (B♭ D♭ F)
- 1st inversion: 11-8-8 (D♭ F B♭)
- 2nd inversion: 3-4-8 (F D♭ B♭)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
The same roles on other roots:
- Hitzaz on B♭: home chord (Dm → B♭m)
- Hitzazkiar on B♭: home chord (Dm → B♭m)
- Souzinak on B♭: home chord (Dm → B♭m)
- Niavent (Nihavent) on B♭: home chord (Dm → B♭m)
- Karsigar on B♭: home chord (Dm → B♭m)
- Sampak / Sabah on B♭: home chord (Dm → B♭m)
- Ousak (Usak) on B♭: home chord (Dm → B♭m)
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 major: C♯