Emaj7 — bouzouki chord
Major 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Emaj7 (E major 7th) 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: 2-2-1 (E B D♯)
- Root position: 2-2-6 (E B G♯)
- 1st inversion: 6-6-9 (G♯ D♯ B)
- 1st inversion: 6-7-9 (G♯ E B)
- 2nd inversion: 9-6-6 (B D♯ G♯)
- 2nd inversion: 9-7-6 (B E G♯)
- 3rd inversion: 1-2-2 (D♯ B E)
- 3rd inversion: 1-2-6 (D♯ B 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 Emaj7 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, 2-2-1 on trichordo, becomes C 4, A 2, D 1 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.