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): 4-4-4 (F♯ C♯ F♯)
- Root position: 4-4-8 (F♯ C♯ A♯)
- 1st inversion: 8-9-11 (A♯ F♯ C♯)
- 1st inversion: 8-4-4 (A♯ C♯ F♯)
- 2nd inversion: 11-9-8 (C♯ F♯ A♯)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
On D, the trichordo’s home note, F♯ belongs to these dromoi:
- Sampak / Sabah: core chord (G♭)
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, 4-4-4 on trichordo, becomes C 6, A 4, D 4 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.
More F♯ chords
Relative minor: E♭m