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Dm chord inversions

Dm/F and Dm/A are the first and second inversions of the D minor. This means that the bass tone is shifting from D to F or A.

Try in a chord progression

Gm - Dm/F - Eb
Dm/A - Bb - C

Comments

When stumble upon these chord names, you can choose to ignore the alternate bass note and play the regular D minor. It will always sound ok, but it may lack some subtle additions to the sound. Notice that the Dm/A and the regular Dm are identical except that the open A-string is included in the former.

Alternative fingerings

Apart from the diagram version, two other options for Dm/F are 1X023X, which can be preferred for fingerstyle, and 100231.

Theory of the Dm/F and Dm/A chords

Both chords consist of the notes D, F, A. The difference is that the order of notes shifts. F is the bass note in the first inversion and A is the bass note in the second inversion.

Alternative chord names

Dm/F is identical with F6(no5).

See also Dm7 inversions