Easy Beginner Guitar Chord Tutorial – Learn to Play Dm7

The D Minor 7 Chord (also known as Dm7,D Minor 7th) is found by locating the 1, b3, 5, b7 steps of the  D Major Scale: D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, or the notes D, F, A and C.  The “b3″ symbol translates to “Flattened 3rd” , which means we simply lower the 3rd step of the D Major Scale (F#) a 1/2 step to an “F”. The “b7″ symbol translates to “Flattened 7th” , which means we simply lower the 7th step of the D Major Scale (C#) a 1/2 step to a “C”.

D Minor 7 Chord notes: D, F, A and C

Here is a key that will help you read the chart:

Everything on the above chart should be self explanatory, except for the last three in the third column. They may need a bit of explaining. The O, or open symbol, simply means that you do not press down on any notes on that string. The X means you do not strum that particular string. The Barre symbol means you need to barre that particular fret. When you barre a fret you are pressing down on multiple strings at the same time with one finger.

D Minor 7th Chord Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HISBoCQBD3E

Below is a downloadable PDF ebook that contains 50 easy guitar chord charts for beginners.  These charts are easy to read and will help you learn how to play these chords quickly.  With these guitar chords in your arsenal, you will be able to play hundreds of easy acoustic guitar songs.  Learning guitar songs is one of the best ways to  learn all of these basic guitar chords.

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I also included a list of video demonstrations below on how to play some of the chords included in the free downloadable ebook.

Play each chord slowly making certain that you have a clean sound when you play each note individually. If you don’t get a clean sound you are not pressing down on the strings hard enough, or one of your fingers is touching another string.

This is common so do not get discouraged!

Do not try and master all of these chords all at once. Take on a few at a time and then move on.

Here are the guitar chord video lessons: