# Dm7, the D minor 7 guitar chord

Dm7 is smooth and understated, a staple of bossa nova and soul. The index lies flat across two strings at the 1st fret, your first taste of a small barre. If the high E sounds dead, flatten the index a touch more. Keep the strum to the top four strings.

Dm7

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the B string (2nd) and high E string (1st), 1st fret.
- Middle finger on the G string (3rd), 2nd fret.
- Let the open D string (4th) ring.
- Don't strum the low E string (6th) and A string (5th). They stay silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding Dm7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Dm7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Open Minor 7ths set:

- [Dm7 ↔ Em7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-minor-7/) D minor 7 to E minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D.min7.D~E.min7.E)
- [Dm7 ↔ Am7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-minor-7/) D minor 7 to A minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.min7.A~D.min7.D)
- [Dm7 ↔ Gm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor-7/) D minor 7 to G minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D.min7.D~G.min7.G)
- [Dm7 ↔ Cm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-minor-7/) D minor 7 to C minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.min7.C~D.min7.D)

## Same root, different color

- [D](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-major/), D major
- [Dm](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-minor/), D minor
- [D7](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-7/), D dominant 7
- [Dmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-major-7/), D major 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill Dm7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D.min7.D~E.min7.E)