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Dm6 Piano Chord

A dramatic minor chord with an added major sixth. Typical of jazz, tango and film music. The sixth gives the minor chord a distinctive urgency.

Piano

Recommended voicing
D4 · F4 · A4 · B4

How to play the Dm6 chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: D4, F4, A4 and B4. Suggested fingering is 1–2–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Other names for the Dm6 chord

Other names: D minor 6th

Music theory name: minor sixth chord

Common name: D minor sixth chord

Notes and intervals in the Dm6 chord

Note Interval
D Root
F Minor 3rd
A Perfect 5th
B Major 6th

Inversions

1st inversion
F4 · A4 · B4 · D5
2nd inversion
A4 · B4 · D5 · F5

Songs using Dm6