Guitar chords · Minor 6th
Dm6 chord on guitar
Dm6 (D minor 6th) has four notes: D, F, A and B, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and 6.
Shapes
How to play Dm6
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.
Dm6 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and two 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.: 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 and the E shape at fret 10. A movable shape 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.
Open
A shape · fret 5
E shape · fret 10
Notes and formula
What makes Dm6 minor 6th
A minor 6th chord adds a major 6th to a minor chord. The 6th gives it a dark, slightly mysterious colour heard in jazz, bossa nova and film music.
- 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 and the 6th make Dm6 a minor 6th chord; you can leave out the 5th.
- DRroot
- F♭3essential
- A5optional
- B6essential
- D, the root
- Other chord tones
Keys
Keys with Dm6
Dm6 belongs to two keys: C major (ii6) and A minor (iv6).
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
Dm6 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 Dm6 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Dm6/F
Dm6 with its ♭3rd, F, in the bass.
- Dm6/A
Dm6 with its 5th, A, 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
- Dadd9 add 9
- D9 dominant 9th
- Dmaj9 major 9th
- Dm9 minor 9th
- D13 dominant 13th
- Dmaj13 major 13th
- Dm11 minor 11th
- 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
Dm6, in short
- What notes are in the Dm6 chord?
- Dm6 (D minor 6th) has four notes: D, F, A and B, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and 6.
- How do you play Dm6 on guitar?
- Dm6 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and two 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.: 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 and the E shape at fret 10.
- What key is Dm6 in?
- Dm6 belongs to two keys: C major (ii6) and A minor (iv6).