E♭m7♭5 — bouzouki chord
Half-diminished (m7♭5) · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
E♭m7♭5 (E♭ half-diminished) is built from E♭ G♭ B𝄫 D♭: intervals 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 1-4-4 (E♭ D♭ G♭)
- Root position: 1-0-4 (E♭ B𝄫 G♭)
- 1st inversion: 4-4-1 (G♭ D♭ E♭)
- 1st inversion: 4-4-7 (G♭ D♭ B𝄫)
- 2nd inversion: 7-4-4 (B𝄫 D♭ G♭)
- 2nd inversion: 7-6-4 (B𝄫 E♭ G♭)
- 3rd inversion: 11-9-7 (D♭ G♭ B𝄫)
- 3rd inversion: 11-6-7 (D♭ E♭ B𝄫)
The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists E♭m7♭5 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, 1-4-4 on trichordo, becomes C 3, A 4, D 4 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.