Dm

D1F♭3A5

The major triad with its third lowered by a half step.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

xx0231

open

Fig. 3

accaaa

moderate · barre

Fig. 4

x5323x

hard

Fig. 5

x5776x

hard

Fig. 6

x57765

hard · barre

What is true of it

Dm is D, F and A — 1, b3 and 5 counted from D.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is xx0231: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

2 of the 5 need a barre.

2 strings stay silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are D, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Dm/F

1002xx

second inversion

Dm/A

x00231

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

D in other shapes

Dmajor Ddimdiminished Daugaugmented D5power chord Dsus2suspended second Dsus4suspended fourth

Cm C♯m D♭m D♯m E♭m Em Fm F♯m all 374