E♭6 — bouzouki chord
Major 6th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
E♭6 (E♭ 6th) is built from E♭ G B♭ C: intervals 1 3 5 6.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 1-1-5 (E♭ B♭ G)
- Root position: 1-3-5 (E♭ C G)
- 1st inversion: 5-6-8 (G E♭ B♭)
- 1st inversion: 5-1-1 (G B♭ E♭)
- 2nd inversion: 8-10-10 (B♭ G C)
- 2nd inversion: 8-6-5 (B♭ E♭ G)
- 3rd inversion: 10-10-8 (C G B♭)
- 3rd inversion: 10-6-8 (C E♭ B♭)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists E♭6 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, 1-1-5 on trichordo, becomes C 3, A 1, D 5 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.