Gm7♭5 — bouzouki chord
Half-diminished (m7♭5) · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Gm7♭5 (G half-diminished) is built from G B♭ D♭ F: intervals 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 5-4-3 (G D♭ F)
- Root position: 5-8-8 (G F B♭)
- 1st inversion: 8-8-5 (B♭ F G)
- 1st inversion: 8-8-11 (B♭ F D♭)
- 2nd inversion: 11-8-8 (D♭ F B♭)
- 2nd inversion: 11-10-8 (D♭ G B♭)
- 3rd inversion: 3-4-5 (F D♭ G)
- 3rd inversion: 3-1-5 (F B♭ G)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Gm7♭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, 5-4-3 on trichordo, becomes C 7, A 4, D 3 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.