G — bouzouki chord
Major · 7 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
G (G major) is built from G B D: intervals 1 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Drone (root + 5th): 5-5-5 (G D G)
- Root position: 5-5-9 (G D B)
- Root position: 5-2-0 (G B D)
- 1st inversion: 9-10-12 (B G D)
- 1st inversion: 9-5-5 (B D G)
- 2nd inversion: 12-10-9 (D G B)
- 2nd inversion: 0-2-5 (D B G)
The open courses D are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
On D, the trichordo’s home note, G belongs to these dromoi:
The same roles on other roots:
- Houzam on G: home chord (D → G)
- Senga / Segah on G: home chord (D → G)
- Rast on G: home chord (D → G)
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, 5-5-5 on trichordo, becomes C 7, A 5, D 5 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.
More G chords
Relative minor: Em