Banjo Dm chord (Open D)D minor on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 0 3, and 6 more shapes

Dm chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 3 0 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Dm (D minor) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 3 0 3, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 0 3 0 3 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (F♯): 3rd fret, index finger, A
  3. String 2 (A): open, A
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, middle finger, F
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

Sounds: D A A F  ·  Dm is D, F, A (1 · ♭3 · 5)

Found in: C major (ii), G mixolydian (v), C mixolydian (ii), G dorian (v), D dorian (i), C dorian (ii)

The 5th string: the short f♯ rubs against the F in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Dm shapes

  1. 11f♯FAAD3 3 0 0
    open
  2. 3fr1131f♯FADF3 3 5 3
    3fr
  3. 131f♯DADF0 3 5 3
    open
  4. 7fr231f♯DDFA0 8 8 7
    7fr
  5. 11fr2134f♯DFAD12 11 12 12
    11fr
  6. 15fr12f♯DAAF0 15 0 15
    15fr

Other D chords in Open D

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other minor chords

GmAmDmCmBmEmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mA♭m

Dm in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

All Open D banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app