F♯m7♭5 — bouzouki chord
Half-diminished (m7♭5) · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
F♯m7♭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: 4-3-2 (F♯ C E)
- Root position: 4-7-7 (F♯ E A)
- 1st inversion: 7-7-4 (A E F♯)
- 1st inversion: 7-7-10 (A E C)
- 2nd inversion: 10-7-7 (C E A)
- 2nd inversion: 10-9-7 (C F♯ A)
- 3rd inversion: 2-3-4 (E C F♯)
- 3rd inversion: 2-0-4 (E A F♯)
The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists F♯m7♭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, 4-3-2 on trichordo, becomes C 6, A 3, D 2 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.