Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

DmD Minor

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Gtone

Btone

Formula 2 · 4 · 6 · Notes E · G · B

How to play it

Dm fingering positions

Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1, 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 — Open (x 4 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (11 11 11 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (x 16 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar chord — 11th position (11 x 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 14 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

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 — Open (x 4 2 1) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (11 11 11 9) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (x 16 14 13) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 x 9) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar tab — 11th position (11 x 14 13) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 14 x) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

D Minor guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 14 13) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 1

Sound

How Dm sounds

Consonance

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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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