Gm — bouzouki chord
Minor · 7 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Gm (G minor) 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: 5-5-8 (G D B♭)
- Root position: 5-1-0 (G B♭ D)
- 1st inversion: 8-5-5 (B♭ D G)
- 1st inversion: 8-10-12 (B♭ G D)
- 2nd inversion: 12-10-8 (D G B♭)
- 2nd inversion: 0-1-5 (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, Gm belongs to these dromoi:
- Hitzaz: core chord (Gm)
- Hitzazkiar: core chord (Gm)
- Senga / Segah: core chord (Gm)
- Souzinak: core chord (Gm)
- Niavent (Nihavent): core chord (Gm)
- Karsigar: core chord (Gm)
- Ousak (Usak): core chord (Gm)
The same roles on other roots:
- Hitzaz on G: home chord (Dm → Gm)
- Hitzazkiar on G: home chord (Dm → Gm)
- Souzinak on G: home chord (Dm → Gm)
- Niavent (Nihavent) on G: home chord (Dm → Gm)
- Karsigar on G: home chord (Dm → Gm)
- Sampak / Sabah on G: home chord (Dm → Gm)
- Ousak (Usak) on G: home chord (Dm → Gm)
In the play-along starter progression
The Play Along page opens with this progression:
Dm – Gm – Dm – A7 – Dm – Gm – B♭ – A7 – Dm
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 major: B♭