Four String Bass · D Standard (DGCF)

DmD Minor

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Formula 2 · 4 · 6 · Notes E · G · B

How to play it

Dm fingering positions

D Standard (DGCF), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

D Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (0 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 7 5 4) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (12 14 14 12) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 19 17 16) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 x 0) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 5 x) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 5 0) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (0 2 5 4) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

Read it as tab

Dm guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

D Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (0 2 2 0) in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 7 5 4) in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (12 14 14 12) in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 19 17 16) in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 x 0) in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 5 x) in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 5 0) in D Standard (DGCF)

D Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (0 2 5 4) in D Standard (DGCF)

Sound

How Dm sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · B

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · 6

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