Dm chord on guitar
D minor
Dm is a minor chord with three notes: D, F and A. Learn it first as an open shape: one open string and three fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and two more ways to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the high e string, fret 1
- Middle on the G string, fret 2
- Ring on the B string, fret 3
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Skip the low E and A strings and strum from the D string down.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Threeindex, middle and ring
- Strings played
- FourD, G, B and high e
- Open strings
- Onethe D string
- Lowest note
- D3the root, on the D string
- Frets
- x x 0 2 3 1low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Dm
- Droot
- Fminor third
- Aperfect fifth
A minor chord is the root, a minor third and a perfect fifth. The only difference from the major chord is the third, one fret lower. F is the minor third, three frets above the root. A is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: F4minor third
- B string: D4root
- G string: A3perfect fifth
- D string: D3root
- A string: not played
- low E string: not played
Every note of Dm is in this shape, some of them twice.
Other ways to play it
- Barre at fret 5x 5 7 7 6 5Root on the A string.
- Barre at fret 1010 12 12 10 10 10Root on the low E string.
Related chords
Other D chords
Relative major
The relative major of Dm is F. The D natural minor scale uses the same seven notes as the F major scale.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play Dm and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.