Irish bouzouki Dm chord (ADAD)D minor: 0 0 0 3, and 4 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 0 0 0 3 (open position) · Dm/A
- Low A course: open, A
- Low D course: open, D
- High A course: open, A
- High D course: 3rd fret, index finger, F
Sounds: A D A F · Dm is D, F, A (1 · ♭3 · 5)
Found in: G mixolydian (v), D dorian (i), G dorian (v), D minor (i), G minor (v), A minor (iv)
Open courses that ring: A and D are notes of Dm, so they can drone under it.
No 3rd: D5 (0 0 0 0) leaves the 3rd out, so it backs D major, mixolydian, dorian and minor tunes alike.
Tuning ADAD: A D A D, low to high.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose ADAD once in its Settings and it remembers.
More Dm shapes
- 0 3 0 0
open · Dm/A - 5 0 0 3
open - 5 0 8 7
5fr - 0 0 8 0
8fr · Dm/A
Dm in session keys
- D dorian (i, a main chord): Dm – C – Dm
- D minor (i, a main chord): Dm – C – B♭ – C
- A minor (iv): Am – Dm – G – Am (with the minor iv)
- F major (vi): F – Dm – B♭ – C (a B part that wanders, or a song)
Other D chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD
Other minor chords
Dm in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app