Guitar chord · Triads
D minor chord on guitar
xx0231 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play Dm on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Darker and more melancholy than major, but just as stable.
Dm is the ii chord in C major, iii in B♭ major and vi in F major. In minor keys: i in D minor and iv in A minor.
- Notes
- DFA
- Formula
- 1♭35
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): don’t play — mute it
- 4th string (D): play open D
- 3rd string (G): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) A
- 2nd string (B): 3rd fret, ring finger (3) D
- 1st string (high E): 1st fret, index finger (1) F
Tablature
e|--1---| B|--3---| G|--2---| D|--0---| A|--x---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every Dm note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing Dm on guitar
xx0231 uses only the top four strings: index on the high E’s 1st fret, middle on the G string’s 2nd, ring on the B string’s 3rd.
You’ll find Dm in common progressions such as Dm–B♭–F–C (the minor-feel pop progression in F major), Dm–Gm–A–Dm (the minor cadence in D minor) and Dm–C–B♭–A (the Andalusian cadence in D minor).
Learning guitar? Dm is part of stage 7 (“D minor and F major”) of our first guitar chords path.
