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Harmonic field of D minor on guitar

D minor: D – E – F – G – A – Bb – C. In the shapes below, the tonic opens with the bass on D. On the guitar, six strings give the chord room to breathe — some positions use them all, others ask you to mute the lowest ones. Its hollow wooden body gives every chord a warm, natural ring that blooms and fades on its own.

Dm7, x x 0 2 1 1Dm7211××DACF
i · tonic× × 0 2 1 1
Em7b5, x x 2 3 3 3Em7b51234××EBbDG
ii° · subdominant× × 2 3 3 3
Fmaj7, 1 3 2 2 1 1Fmaj7142311FCEACF
III · tonic1 3 2 2 1 1
Gm7, 3 5 3 3 3 3Gm7131111GDFBbDG
iv · subdominant3 5 3 3 3 3
Am7, x 0 2 0 1 0Am721×AEGCE
v · dominant× 0 2 0 1 0
Bbmaj7, x 1 3 2 3 1Bbmaj713241×BbFADF
VI · tonic× 1 3 2 3 1
C7, x 3 2 3 1 0C73241×CEBbCE
VII · dominant× 3 2 3 1 0

This is the natural-minor field. In practice the v often becomes V (major) or V7 — borrowed from the harmonic minor — to create the leading tone that pulls back to the tonic.

These are the first positions of every degree of D minor on guitar. In Chord & Fret, the Circle of Fifths opens the full field — every degree with all its positions, audio and the key's secondary dominants. Open in Chord & Fret →

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