F♯m — bouzouki chord
Minor · 5 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
F♯m (F♯ minor) 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: 4-4-7 (F♯ C♯ A)
- 1st inversion: 7-4-4 (A C♯ F♯)
- 1st inversion: 7-9-11 (A F♯ C♯)
- 2nd inversion: 11-9-7 (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♯m belongs to these dromoi:
- Rast: core chord (F♯m)
The same roles on other roots:
- Hitzaz on F♯: home chord (Dm → F♯m)
- Hitzazkiar on F♯: home chord (Dm → F♯m)
- Souzinak on F♯: home chord (Dm → F♯m)
- Niavent (Nihavent) on F♯: home chord (Dm → F♯m)
- Karsigar on F♯: home chord (Dm → F♯m)
- Sampak / Sabah on F♯: home chord (Dm → F♯m)
- Ousak (Usak) on F♯: home chord (Dm → F♯m)
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 major: A