Dmaj7 — bouzouki chord
Major 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Dmaj7 (D major 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: 12-12-11 (D A C♯)
- Root position: 12-9-11 (D F♯ C♯)
- 1st inversion: 4-4-7 (F♯ C♯ A)
- 1st inversion: 4-5-7 (F♯ D A)
- 2nd inversion: 7-4-4 (A C♯ F♯)
- 2nd inversion: 7-5-4 (A D F♯)
- 3rd inversion: 11-12-12 (C♯ A D)
- 3rd inversion: 11-9-12 (C♯ F♯ D)
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 Dmaj7 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, 12-12-11 on trichordo, becomes C 14, A 12, D 11 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.