Dm(maj7)

D1F♭3A5C♯7

Minor triad, major seventh — the tonic chord of harmonic minor.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

xx0221

open

Fig. 3

acbaaa

moderate · barre

Fig. 4

x5322x

hard

Fig. 5

x5766x

hard

Fig. 6

x57665

hard · barre

What is true of it

Dm(maj7) is D, F, A and C♯ — 1, b3, 5 and 7 counted from D.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is xx0221: 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(maj7)/F

100221

second inversion

Dm(maj7)/A

x00221

third inversion

Dm(maj7)/C♯

x40221

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

D7dominant seventh Dmaj7major seventh Dm7minor seventh Dmajor Dmminor Ddimdiminished

Cm(maj7)C♯m(maj7)D♭m(maj7)D♯m(maj7)E♭m(maj7)Em(maj7)Fm(maj7)F♯m(maj7)all 374