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D minor 7th guitar shapes
Popular fretboard positions with fingering suggestions
Showing 8 of 49 playable shapes
About the chord
D minor 7th guitar chord
The D minor 7th minor 7th chord, blending the minor triad with a minor seventh C, deepens the emotional resonance of the minor tonality. The combination of the minor third F and minor seventh C gives it a smooth, jazzy character, frequently used in blues, soul, and jazz.
Root note: D
Quality: minor 7th
Chord tones: 4
Playable shapes: 49
Chord tones
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Notes & Intervals
Each note below shows how the chord is built from its root. This is the theory layer underneath the fretboard shapes.
D Unison (Root) 1
The root anchors the chord and defines its tonal center.
F Minor Third ♭3
This note supplies the minor color and gives the chord its darker emotional pull.
A Perfect Fifth 5
The fifth reinforces stability and gives the chord its strong harmonic frame.
C Minor Seventh ♭7
The minor seventh adds bluesy or jazzy tension that wants to move onward.
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