Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

DmD Minor

ERoot

Gtone

Btone

Formula 2 · 4 · 6 · Notes E · G · B

How to play it

Dm fingering positions

Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3, 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, 7th (9 9 9 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (x 14 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D Minor guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 x 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D Minor guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D Minor guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D Minor guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

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, 7th (9 9 9 7) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (x 14 12 11) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D Minor guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 x 7) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D Minor guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 12 11) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D Minor guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 x) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

D Minor guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 11) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 3

Sound

How Dm sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · B

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · 6

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