Dm7 — bouzouki chord
Minor 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Dm7 (D minor 7th) is built from D F A C: intervals 1 ♭3 5 ♭7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 12-12-10 (D A C)
- Root position: 0-0-3 (D A F)
- 1st inversion: 3-0-0 (F A D)
- 1st inversion: 3-3-0 (F C D)
- 2nd inversion: 7-8-10 (A F C)
- 2nd inversion: 7-3-3 (A C F)
- 3rd inversion: 10-12-12 (C A D)
- 3rd inversion: 10-8-7 (C F A)
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 Dm7 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, 12-12-10 on trichordo, becomes C 14, A 12, D 10 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.