C — bouzouki chord
Major · 5 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
C (C major) is built from C E G: intervals 1 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Drone (root + 5th): 10-10-10 (C G C)
- Root position: 10-7-5 (C E G)
- 1st inversion: 2-3-5 (E C G)
- 2nd inversion: 5-3-2 (G C E)
- 2nd inversion: 5-7-10 (G E C)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
On D, the trichordo’s home note, C belongs to these dromoi:
- Hitzaz: core chord (C)
- Hitzazkiar: core chord (C)
- Sampak / Sabah: core chord (C)
The same roles on other roots:
- Houzam on C: home chord (D → C)
- Senga / Segah on C: home chord (D → C)
- Rast on C: home chord (D → C)
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, 10-10-10 on trichordo, becomes C 12, A 10, D 10 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.
More C chords
Relative minor: Am