Banjo Dm7 chord (Open D)D minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 3 3, and 6 more shapes

Dm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 3 3 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Dm7 (D minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 3 3 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 3 3 (open position)

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

Sounds: D A C F  ·  Dm7 is D, F, A, C (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

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 Dm7 shapes

  1. 111f♯FACD3 3 3 0
    open
  2. 3fr41f♯DCAF0 6 0 3
    3fr
  3. 6fr132f♯DCFA0 6 8 7
    6fr
  4. 7fr1234f♯ADFC7 8 8 10
    7fr
  5. 8fr113f♯DDFC0 8 8 10
    8fr · no 5th
  6. 10fr3241f♯DFAC12 11 12 10
    10fr

Other D chords in Open D

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Dm7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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