Dm — bouzouki chord
Minor · 7 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Dm (D minor) is built from D F A: intervals 1 ♭3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Drone (root + 5th): 0-0-0 (D A D)
- Root position: 0-0-3 (D A F)
- Root position: 12-8-7 (D F A)
- 1st inversion: 3-0-0 (F A D)
- 1st inversion: 3-5-7 (F D A)
- 2nd inversion: 7-5-3 (A D F)
- 2nd inversion: 7-8-12 (A F D)
The open courses D, A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
On D, the trichordo’s home note, Dm belongs to these dromoi:
- Hitzaz: core chord (Dm)
- Hitzazkiar: core chord (Dm)
- Souzinak: core chord (Dm)
- Niavent (Nihavent): core chord (Dm)
- Karsigar: core chord (Dm)
- Sampak / Sabah: core chord (Dm)
- Ousak (Usak): core chord (Dm)
In the play-along starter progression
The Play Along page opens with this progression:
Dm – Gm – Dm – A7 – Dm – Gm – B♭ – A7 – Dm
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, 0-0-0 on trichordo, becomes C 2, A 0, D 0 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.
More D chords
Relative major: F