Irish bouzouki Dm chord (GDAD)D minor: x 0 0 3, and 5 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: x 0 0 3 (open position)
- G course: not played
- Low D course: open, D
- A course: open, A
- High D course: 3rd fret, index finger, F
Sounds: 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: D and A are notes of Dm, so they can drone under it.
No 3rd: D5 (x 0 0 0) leaves the 3rd out, so it backs D major, mixolydian, dorian and minor tunes alike.
Tuning GDAD: G D A D, low to high.
The app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD, so it opens on these shapes.
More Dm shapes
- 2 0 0 3
open · Dm/A - 2 3 0 0
open · Dm/A - 2 0 5 3
open · Dm/A - 7 0 8 7
7fr - 10 0 0 0
10fr · Dm/F
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 GDAD
Other minor chords
Dm in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki GDAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app