Banjo Dm chord (Sawmill)D minor on the 5-string banjo: 0 2 2 3, and 6 more shapes

Dm chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 0 2 2 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Dm (D minor) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 0 2 2 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 2 2 3 (open position)

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

Sounds: D A D 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 g adds the 4th over Dm, a colour rather than a clash.

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, 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 Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Dm shapes

  1. 211gFADD3 2 2 0
    open
  2. 2113gFADF3 2 2 3
    at the nut
  3. 5fr314gDDFA0 7 5 7
    5fr
  4. 7fr431gDFAA0 10 9 7
    7fr
  5. 9fr21gDFAD0 10 9 0
    9fr
  6. 12fr1234gDADF12 14 14 15
    12fr

Other D chords in Sawmill

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other minor chords

GmAmDmCmBmEmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mA♭m

Dm in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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