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Sevenths

D minor-major 7th chord

Mysterious and cinematic — think spy-movie themes.

Notes: DFAC♯
Formula: 1♭357
Built from: root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th · major 7th

How to play Dm(maj7)

Dm(maj7) on guitar

xx0221 · Open position

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Dm(maj7) on piano

Right hand: D (1), F (2), A (3), C♯ (5)

Inversions, fingering & notation →

Dm(maj7) on ukulele

6555 · Barre · 5th fret

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About the D minor-major 7th chord

Playing it

On guitar, Dm(maj7) has an open-position shape, xx0221, using three fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E and A strings.

On piano, Dm(maj7) has one black key (C♯) and three white keys.

On ukulele the usual Dm(maj7) shape is 6555, with a small 3-string barre at the 5th fret.

Related chords

Take away the root and the other three notes form Faug (F A C♯) — so you can think of Dm(maj7) as Faug with D added underneath.

Move a single note and Dm(maj7) becomes a different chord: drop the C♯ for Dm, raise F to F♯ for Dmaj7, lower C♯ to C for Dm7 and swap C♯ for B for Dm6.