Dromos Kurdi (Κουρντί)
On the trichordo fretboard, root D — with audio and matching chords
- Ascending
- D E♭ F G A B♭ C D
Intervals
- Degrees
- 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
- Steps, in tones
- ½ – 1 – 1 – 1 – ½ – 1 – 1
Compared with D natural minor: E♭ (♭2) instead of E.
Sources disagree
Ordoulidis ("The Greek Popular Modes") gives D E F G A♭ B C ascending, the shape listed here as Karsigar.
Sources vary on this dromos. This is one common Greek form; check it with a teacher.
On the fretboard, root D
- Both D courses: frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12
- A course: frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12
Same first four notes (lower tetrachord) as: Ousak (Usak)