D minor chord

D minor chord for guitar in different forms, both open and barre chords.
More Dm chord categories: Dm7


Dm

  • Dm chord diagram

Dm barre 1st

  • Dm barre chord diagram

Dm barre 2nd

  • Dm barre chord diagram

Relevant chords

Dm/A

  • Dm/A chord diagram

Dm/B

  • Dm/B chord diagram

Dm/C

  • Dm/C chord diagram

Try in a chord progression

Dm - G - C - F

Finger position (Dm chord)

Index (1st) finger on 1st (thinnest) string, 1st fret.
Middle (2nd) finger on 3rd (thinnest) string, 2nd fret.
Ring (3rd) finger or little (4th) finger on 2nd (thinnest) string, 3rd fret.

Chord names

Dm is an abbreviation  for D minor (a less common abbreviation is Dmin).

Theory of the Dm chord

The notes that an Dm chord consists of is D, F, A.
To get Dm7 add C.
To get Dm6 add B.

Inversions

1st inversion: Dm/F (means that F is the bass note).
2nd inversion: Dm/A (means that A is the bass note).
Diagrams of these inversions

Alternative chord names

Dm/B (X20231) is theoretically identical with Dm6/B.
Dm/C (X30231) is theoretically identical with F6/C.

Written in tab format

- 1 -
- 3 -
- 2 -
- 0 -
- - -
- - -

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