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Dm/A Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play D Minor Over A (Charts)

Dm/A chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as dm/a chord, dm/a guitar chord and how to play Dm/A.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Dm/A chord diagram, Dm/A (open A bass)Dm/A Dm/A (open A bass): low E muted, A open, D open, G fret 2, B fret 3, high e fret 1.×231x 0 0 2 3 1
Dm/A (open A bass)
x 0 0 2 3 1
Dm/A chord diagram, Dm/A (4 strings)Dm/A Dm/A (4 strings): low E muted, A open, D fret 3, G fret 2, B fret 3, high e muted.×213×x 0 3 2 3 x
Dm/A (4 strings)
x 0 3 2 3 x
Dm/A chord diagram, Barre (5th fret, A in the bass)Dm/A Barre (5th fret, A in the bass): low E fret 5, A fret 5, D fret 7, G fret 7, B fret 6, high e fret 5.5fr13425 5 7 7 6 5
Barre (5th fret, A in the bass)
5 5 7 7 6 5

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Dm/A (D minor over A) on guitar, play x 0 0 2 3 1 from the low E string to the high e string (the dm/A (open A bass) shape). The chord contains D, F, A. If that is hard, use the easier shape x 0 3 2 3 x, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Dm/A chord facts

Chord Dm/A (D minor over A)
Other names Dm second inversion
Notes D, F, A
Intervals D (root), F (minor 3rd), A (perfect 5th)
Formula 1-b3-5 over A
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Dm/A on guitar?

The main shape is x 0 0 2 3 1 (Dm/A (open A bass)). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the high e string at fret 1 (F, the minor 3rd).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 2 (A, the perfect 5th).
  4. Put your ring fin