F♯dim — bouzouki chord
Diminished · 4 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
F♯dim (F♯ diminished) is built from F♯ A C: intervals 1 ♭3 ♭5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 4-3-7 (F♯ C A)
- 1st inversion: 7-9-10 (A F♯ C)
- 1st inversion: 7-3-4 (A C F♯)
- 2nd inversion: 10-9-7 (C F♯ A)
The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
The same roles on other roots:
- Hitzaz on G: passing chord (C♯dim → F♯dim)
- Souzinak on A: core chord (Bdim → F♯dim)
- Niavent (Nihavent) on G: passing chord (C♯dim → F♯dim)
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, 4-3-7 on trichordo, becomes C 6, A 3, D 7 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.