C♯7 — bouzouki chord

Dominant 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)

Notes and intervals

C♯7 (C♯ dominant 7th) is built from C♯ E♯ G♯ B: intervals 1 3 5 ♭7.

Fingerings on D-A-D

Frets, low D · A · high D

  1. Root position: 11-11-9 (C♯ G♯ B)
  2. Root position: 11-8-9 (C♯ E♯ B)
  3. 1st inversion: 3-4-6 (E♯ C♯ G♯)
  4. 1st inversion: 3-2-6 (E♯ B G♯)
  5. 2nd inversion: 6-4-3 (G♯ C♯ E♯)
  6. 2nd inversion: 6-8-9 (G♯ E♯ B)
  7. 3rd inversion: 9-11-11 (B G♯ C♯)
  8. 3rd inversion: 9-8-6 (B E♯ G♯)

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:

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, 11-11-9 on trichordo, becomes C 13, A 11, D 9 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.

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