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Dm7 Guitar Chord

A soft, warm sound typical of jazz, neo-soul, R&B and bossa nova. Combines the minor mood with a relaxed seventh coloring.

Guitar

Strings X–X–0–2–1–1

How to play the Dm7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–0–2–1–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play
5th string (A) Do not play
4th string (D) Play open
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · middle finger

Notation for Dm7 chord

Other names: D minor 7th, D min7, D-7

Music theory name: minor seventh chord

Common name: D minor seven chord

Intervals and tones in Dm7 chord

Note Interval
D Root
F Minor 3rd
A Perfect 5th
C Minor 7th

All Variations

Open
X–X–0–2–1–1
Fret 5
X–5–7–5–6–5
Fret 6
X–X–7–7–6–8
Fret 10
10–12–10–10–10–10
Fret 10
10–X–10–10–10–X

Songs using Dm7