Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

DmD Minor

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Formula 2 · 4 · 6 · Notes E · G · B

How to play it

Dm fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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, 5th (x 5 7 7 6 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (x x 12 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (12 12 12 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x 17 19 19 18 17) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar chord — Open (0 0 x x x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar chord — Open (0 0 0 x x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar chord — Open (0 x x 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar chord — Open (0 x 0 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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, 5th (x 5 7 7 6 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (x x 12 10 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (12 12 12 10 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x 17 19 19 18 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar tab — Open (0 0 x x x 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar tab — Open (0 0 0 x x 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar tab — Open (0 x x 2 x 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D Minor guitar tab — Open (0 x 0 2 x 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How Dm sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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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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