Bm7 — bouzouki chord
Minor 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Bm7 (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: 9-9-7 (B F♯ A)
- Root position: 9-9-12 (B F♯ D)
- 1st inversion: 12-9-9 (D F♯ B)
- 1st inversion: 12-12-9 (D A B)
- 2nd inversion: 4-5-7 (F♯ D A)
- 2nd inversion: 4-0-0 (F♯ A D)
- 3rd inversion: 7-9-9 (A F♯ B)
- 3rd inversion: 7-5-4 (A D F♯)
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 Bm7 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, 9-9-7 on trichordo, becomes C 11, A 9, D 7 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.