E♭add9 — bouzouki chord
Add 9 · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
E♭add9 (E♭ add9) is built from E♭ F G B♭: intervals 1 9 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 1-1-3 (E♭ B♭ F)
- Root position: 1-1-5 (E♭ B♭ G)
- 1st inversion: 3-1-1 (F B♭ E♭)
- 1st inversion: 3-6-5 (F E♭ G)
- 2nd inversion: 5-6-3 (G E♭ F)
- 2nd inversion: 5-6-8 (G E♭ B♭)
- 3rd inversion: 8-6-5 (B♭ E♭ G)
- 3rd inversion: 8-8-5 (B♭ F G)
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♭add9 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, 1-1-3 on trichordo, becomes C 3, A 1, D 3 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.