Fm7♭5 — bouzouki chord
Half-diminished (m7♭5) · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Fm7♭5 (F half-diminished) is built from F A♭ C♭ E♭: intervals 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 3-2-1 (F C♭ E♭)
- Root position: 3-6-6 (F E♭ A♭)
- 1st inversion: 6-6-3 (A♭ E♭ F)
- 1st inversion: 6-6-9 (A♭ E♭ C♭)
- 2nd inversion: 9-6-6 (C♭ E♭ A♭)
- 2nd inversion: 9-8-6 (C♭ F A♭)
- 3rd inversion: 1-2-3 (E♭ C♭ F)
- 3rd inversion: 1-2-6 (E♭ C♭ A♭)
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 Fm7♭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, 3-2-1 on trichordo, becomes C 5, A 2, D 1 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.