E♭dim — bouzouki chord
Diminished · 4 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
E♭dim (E♭ diminished) is built from E♭ G♭ B𝄫: intervals 1 ♭3 ♭5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 1-0-4 (E♭ B𝄫 G♭)
- 1st inversion: 4-6-7 (G♭ E♭ B𝄫)
- 1st inversion: 4-0-1 (G♭ B𝄫 E♭)
- 2nd inversion: 7-6-4 (B𝄫 E♭ G♭)
The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
The same roles on other roots:
- Hitzaz on E: passing chord (C♯dim → E♭dim)
- Souzinak on F♯: core chord (Bdim → E♭dim)
- Niavent (Nihavent) on E: passing chord (C♯dim → E♭dim)
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, 1-0-4 on trichordo, becomes C 3, A 0, D 4 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.