E♭ — bouzouki chord
Major · 5 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
E♭ (E♭ major) is built from E♭ G B♭: intervals 1 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Drone (root + 5th): 1-1-1 (E♭ B♭ E♭)
- Root position: 1-1-5 (E♭ B♭ G)
- 1st inversion: 5-6-8 (G E♭ B♭)
- 1st inversion: 5-1-1 (G B♭ E♭)
- 2nd inversion: 8-6-5 (B♭ E♭ G)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
On D, the trichordo’s home note, E♭ belongs to these dromoi:
- Hitzaz: core chord (E♭)
- Hitzazkiar: core chord (E♭)
- Ousak (Usak): core chord (E♭)
The same roles on other roots:
- Houzam on E♭: home chord (D → E♭)
- Senga / Segah on E♭: home chord (D → E♭)
- Rast on E♭: home chord (D → E♭)
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, 1-1-1 on trichordo, becomes C 3, A 1, D 1 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.
More E♭ chords
Relative minor: Cm