Mandolin Dm7 chordD minor seventh: 2 0 3 1, and 5 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 2 0 3 1 (open position) · Dm7/A
- G course: 2nd fret, middle finger, A
- D course: open, D
- A course: 3rd fret, ring finger, C
- E course: 1st fret, index finger, F
Sounds: A D C F · Dm7 is D, F, A, C (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)
Open courses that ring: D and A are notes of Dm7, so they can drone under it.
Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose Mandolin once in its Settings and it remembers.
More Dm7 shapes
- x 0 3 1
open · no 5th - 5 3 5 5
3fr · Dm7/C - 5 0 8 5
5fr · Dm7/C - 7 7 8 8
7fr - 10 10 0 10
10fr · Dm7/F
Other D chords, Mandolin GDAE
Other minor seventh chords
Dm7 in other tunings
All Mandolin GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app