Dm

D1F♭3A5

The major triad with its third lowered by a half step.

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x210

open

Fig. 3

7555

moderate

Fig. 4

755x

easy

Fig. 5

7558

hard

Fig. 6

79a8

hard

What is true of it

Dm is D, F and A — 1, b3 and 5 counted from D.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x210: 2 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are D, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Dm/F

x555

second inversion

Dm/A

2210

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

D in other shapes

Dmajor Ddimdiminished Daugaugmented D5power chord Dsus2suspended second Dsus4suspended fourth

Cm C♯m D♭m D♯m E♭m Em Fm F♯m all 374