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Dm7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play D Minor Seventh (Charts)

Dm7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as dm7 chord, dm7 guitar chord and how to play Dm7.

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.

Dm7 chord diagram, Open positionDm7 Open position: low E muted, A muted, D open, G fret 2, B fret 1, high e fret 1.××312x x 0 2 1 1
Open position
x x 0 2 1 1
Dm7 chord diagram, Barre (5th fret, A-string root)Dm7 Barre (5th fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 5, D fret 7, G fret 5, B fret 6, high e fret 5.5fr×132x 5 7 5 6 5
Barre (5th fret, A-string root)
x 5 7 5 6 5
Dm7 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionDm7 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 7, B fret 6, high e fret 8.6fr×××213x x x 7 6 8
Easy 3-string version
x x x 7 6 8

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 Dm7 (D minor seventh) on guitar, play x x 0 2 1 1 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains D, F, A, C. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 7 6 8, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Dm7 chord facts

Chord Dm7 (D minor seventh)
Other names Dmin7, D-7
Notes D, F, A, C
Intervals D (root), F (minor 3rd), A (perfect 5th), C (minor 7th)
Formula 1-b3-5-b7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Dm7 on guitar?

The main shape is x x 0 2 1 1 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the B string at fret 1 (C, the minor 7th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the high e string at fret 1 (F, the minor 3rd).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the G string at fret 2 (A, the perfect 5th).
  5. Let the D (D) string ring open.
  6. Don't play the low E and A strings: start your strum on the D string, or touch them lightly to mute.