B — bouzouki chord
Major · 5 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): 9-9-9 (B F♯ B)
- Root position: 9-6-4 (B D♯ F♯)
- 1st inversion: 1-2-4 (D♯ B F♯)
- 2nd inversion: 4-2-1 (F♯ B D♯)
- 2nd inversion: 4-6-9 (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:
- Houzam on B: home chord (D → B)
- Senga / Segah on B: home chord (D → B)
- Rast on B: home chord (D → B)
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, 9-9-9 on trichordo, becomes C 11, A 9, D 9 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.
More B chords
Relative minor: A♭m