Guitar chords · Minor 11th
Dm11 chord on guitar
Dm11 (D minor 11th) has six notes: D, F, A, C, E and G, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5, ♭7, 9 and 11.
Shapes
How to play Dm11
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Dm11 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5 or the E shape at fret 10. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
A shape · fret 5
E shape · fret 10
Notes and formula
What makes Dm11 minor 11th
A minor 11th chord stacks the 9th and the 11th on a minor A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords.. On a minor chord the 11th does not clash, so it stays: keep the ♭3rd, the ♭7th and the 11th, and drop the 5th or the 9th. It has an open, floating sound heard in funk and fusion.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The ♭3rd, the ♭7th and the 11th make Dm11 a minor 11th chord; you can leave out the 5th and the 9th.
- DRroot
- F♭3essential
- A5optional
- C♭7essential
- E9optional
- G11essential
- D, the root
- Other chord tones
Dm11 often leads to G7 and then C: the ii11–V7–I of C major.
Keys
Keys with Dm11
Dm11 belongs to four keys: C major (ii11), F major (vi11), A minor (iv11) and D minor (i11).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
Dm11 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Dm11 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Dm11/F
Dm11 with its ♭3rd, F, in the bass.
- Dm11/A
Dm11 with its 5th, A, in the bass.
- Dm11/C
Dm11 with its ♭7th, C, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on D
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- D major
- Dm minor
- D7 dominant 7th
- Dmaj7 major 7th
- Dm7 minor 7th
- Dsus2 suspended 2nd
- Dsus4 suspended 4th
- D6 major 6th
- Dm6 minor 6th
- Dadd9 add 9
- D9 dominant 9th
- Dmaj9 major 9th
- Dm9 minor 9th
- D13 dominant 13th
- Dmaj13 major 13th
- D° diminished
- Dm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- D°7 diminished 7th
- D+ augmented
- D5 power chord
- D7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Dm(maj7) minor major 7th
- D6/9 six-nine
- Dm(add9) minor add 9
- D7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Dm11, in short
- What notes are in the Dm11 chord?
- Dm11 (D minor 11th) has six notes: D, F, A, C, E and G, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5, ♭7, 9 and 11.
- How do you play Dm11 on guitar?
- Dm11 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5 or the E shape at fret 10.
- What key is Dm11 in?
- Dm11 belongs to four keys: C major (ii11), F major (vi11), A minor (iv11) and D minor (i11).