Bm — bouzouki chord
Minor · 7 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Bm (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): 9-9-9 (B F♯ B)
- Root position: 9-9-12 (B F♯ D)
- Root position: 9-5-4 (B D F♯)
- 1st inversion: 12-9-9 (D F♯ B)
- 1st inversion: 0-2-4 (D B F♯)
- 2nd inversion: 4-2-0 (F♯ B D)
- 2nd inversion: 4-5-9 (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, Bm belongs to these dromoi:
The same roles on other roots:
- Hitzaz on B: home chord (Dm → Bm)
- Hitzazkiar on B: home chord (Dm → Bm)
- Souzinak on B: home chord (Dm → Bm)
- Niavent (Nihavent) on B: home chord (Dm → Bm)
- Karsigar on B: home chord (Dm → Bm)
- Sampak / Sabah on B: home chord (Dm → Bm)
- Ousak (Usak) on B: home chord (Dm → Bm)
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 major: D