F — bouzouki chord
Major · 5 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
F (F major) is built from F A C: intervals 1 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Drone (root + 5th): 3-3-3 (F C F)
- Root position: 3-3-7 (F C A)
- 1st inversion: 7-8-10 (A F C)
- 1st inversion: 7-3-3 (A C F)
- 2nd inversion: 10-8-7 (C F A)
The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
On D, the trichordo’s home note, F belongs to these dromoi:
- Houzam: passing chord (F)
- Senga / Segah: core chord (F)
- Souzinak: core chord (F)
- Niavent (Nihavent): core chord (F)
- Karsigar: core chord (F)
- Sampak / Sabah: core chord (F)
- Ousak (Usak): core chord (F)
The same roles on other roots:
- Houzam on F: home chord (D → F)
- Senga / Segah on F: home chord (D → F)
- Rast on F: home chord (D → F)
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, 3-3-3 on trichordo, becomes C 5, A 3, D 3 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.
More F chords
Relative minor: Dm