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Essential Chords in Open Dm

Tuning

A guide to the Open D Tuning

through chords

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Understanding the Open Dm tuning

Open chords

Voicings

Movable chords

Chord progressions

Tabs

Introduction

About this ebook

The purpose with this ebook is to let you explore more of the Open Dm Tuning landscapes by presenting

over 100 chords with diagrams.

The ebook is sparse in sense of colors and has a simple layout, which is made with the print possibility in

mind.

Tune in into Open Dm Tuning

If you are unfamiliar to how to tuned to the Open Dm Tuning, the guitar should be tuned as D-A-D-F-A-D

from lowest (thickest) to highest (thinnest) string.

To include an octave perspective, the tuning could be written as D2-A2-D3-F3-A3-D4, meaning that the

lowest string is a D note on the second octave, the second lowest string is a A note on the second octave and

so on.

Always tune down (decreasing string tension) and not up (increasing string tension). This is important

because too much pressure will break the strings, and in the worst scenario, damage the guitar.

Open Em Tuning

Related to the Open Dm Tuning is the Open Em Tuning (E-B-E-G-B-E). By putting a capo on the second

fret, you can play all the presented chords two positions up in the Open Em Tuning.

Double paralleling of low and high strings

The Open Dm Tuning have three strings tuned to D and two strings tuned to A. And in the same way as the

standard tuning has a low and high E, Open Dm tuning has low and high D and A strings.

This means that chords can be mirrored. The chord 100000 can be 000001, the chord 010000 can be

000010 and so on.

To illustrate this, here are some chords which are identical from a tone perspective:

Dm6: 000020 or 020000

Bbmaj7/D: 020000 or 000020

A7/D: 002240 or 042200

In the chord charts, you won’t find all possible variants, but it can be useful for you to know that you can

mirror some of the chords like this. All chord will not be mirrored this way though. Although, the notes are

the same, the note order can cause different chord names. For example, Dm: 300000 and Dm/F: 000003.

Open Dm fretboard

Fretboard diagram including frets 1-12 and open strings for Open D tuning (flats are used instead of sharps;

C# = Db etc.).

Understanding the Open Dm Tuning

What happens in the Open Dm Tuning?

Open Dm Tuning has many similarities to the Open D Tuning, only one string deviate. The similarities

become obvious in comparison:

Open D D A D F# A D

Open Dm D A D F A D

So, if you are familiar with Open D, you can recast much of that knowledge to the Open Dm tuning.

Voicings

The three-part section with voicings shows one of the main features of open tunings. Using different shapes

that are moveable but still include open strings is one of the most grateful ways of utilize I open tunings.

The first part presents some very simple approach including one- and two-finger chords. The one-finger

chords are created by playing single notes from the D Minor scale on various strings together with the

remaining strings open. All these shapes can be combined with 000000 (Dm played with all strings open)

in various progressions.

The two-fingers chords (000202 etc.), can be “added-on”, which can be seen in the series with 200202 et

cetera. Apparently, there is room for additional experimentation.

CHORDS IN OPEN POSITIONOpen Dm Tuning - D A D F A D

Dm

Dm7 Dm6

Dm9

Dm11

Dmadd9

Dmadd11

Dm6 /9

Dm(maj7) D

F/C

Fmaj7

F6

Fmaj13

Fadd9/C

Gm/B

Gm7/D

Gm13/D

Am/D

Am7/D

Aadd11

A7/D

B Bmaj7

Bmaj11/A

C/D

C9

Cmaj11

Csus2/B

Edim/D

Dm (II)

Dm (III) Dm7 (II)

Dm6 (II)

Dm(maj7) (II)

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VOICINGS - Part 1Open Dm Tuning - D A D F A D

A7sus4/D

Dm

Gmadd9/D

7 Amadd/D

8 Bmaj7/D

10

Am/D

Fmaj7/D

Dm

5Dmadd11

7

Dm

8Bmaj7/D

10

Dm7

Fmaj7/D Dm

Dmadd11

7

Dm

8 Bmaj7/D

10

F6/A

Dm/E

Dm/F

Dm/G

7Dm/A

8B /A

10F6/A

A7sus4/E

Dm/F

5

Gmadd9

7

Amadd11

8

Bmaj7/A

10

Amadd11

Dm/E

Dm/F

5 Dm/G

7 Dm/A

8 B /A

10 F6/A

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A7sus4/D Dm Gmadd9/D Amadd/DBmaj7/D Am/D Fmaj7/D Dm Dmadd11 Dm1 2 3

202200

404400

505600

707800

909900

110111100

002200

004400

005600

007800

009900

00111100

Bmaj7/D Dm74 5 6

VOICINGS - Part 2Open Dm Tuning - D A D F A D

B /A

Cadd9/A

6

E7/A

7

F6/A

9

G/A

11 Aadd11

Bmaj7/D

Dm9

Dm(maj7)

5

F9/D

7

Dm

9

G9/D

Dm6add9

Fadd9/D

Dsus4

6 Asus2/D

7 Bmaj9/D

9

Am7/D

B /D Dm7

Dm

7

Dmadd9(no5)

10 Dmadd11

12

Dm

Fmaj7/D Dm

Dmadd11

7

Dm

9

Dm6

11 Dm(maj7)

Dm6add9 Dm7

Dmadd11

7 Fmaj7/D

8 Bmaj7/D

10 Fadd9/D

A7sus4/D

Dm(11)

Gmadd9/D

7

Amadd11/D

8

Bm(maj7)/D

11

A/D

G6add9/D Dmaj7 Gmadd9/D

7Am/D

8Bm(maj7)/D

11Amaj7/D

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VOICINGS - Part 3Open Dm Tuning - D A D F A D

C6/D

D

5

Gmadd9/D

7

Am/D

9 Gadd9/D

11

A/D

Dmadd11

Dsus4

Gmadd9/D

7

Amadd11/D

8 B7sus2/D

11

Dsus2

Dm6add9

Dm7

Gadd9

7

Aadd11

8

Bm7/A

10

Aadd11/C

Gm9/A

Csus2/A

Gm/A

7 Amadd11

8

F6/A

10

Em7/A

D6add9

Fadd9/D

Gmadd9/D

7

Am/D

7

Bmaj9/D

9

Am7/D

Gm9/D

Am7/D

5Gadd9/D

7

A/D

8

Dm7

10

A7sus4/D

Dm7/E

Dm(maj7)/F

5

Dmadd9/G

7

F6(9)/A

8

B (13)

9

G7/B

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C6/D D Gmadd9/D Am/D Gadd9/D A/D Dmadd11 Dsus4 Gmadd9/DAmadd11/DB7sus2/D Dsus21 2 3

MOVABLE CHORDSOpen Dm Tuning - D A D F A D

Dm

Em Fm

Gm

7

Am

8

Bm

10

Cm

D

E

3 F

5 G

7 A

8 B

10 C

Dm7

Em7

3

Fm7

5

Gm7

7

Am7

8

Bm7

10

Cm7

D7

E7

3 F7

5 G7

7 A7

8 B7

10 C7

Dmadd9

Emadd9

Fmadd9

5 Gmadd9

7 Amadd9

8 Bmadd9

10 Cmadd9

Dsus4

Esus4

Fsus4

5 Gsus4

7 Asus4

8 Bsus4

10 Csus4

D7sus4

E7sus4

3 F7sus4

5 G7sus4

7 A7sus4

8 B7sus4

10 C7sus4

Bmaj7/D

Cmaj7/E

Dmaj7/F

6 Emaj7/G

7 Fmaj7/A

9 Gmaj7/B

11 Amaj7/C

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Chord progressionsOpen Dm Tuning - D A D F A D

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Dm Fmaj7/D

Dmadd117Dm

Fmaj7/D DmProgression 1

Dm/A B

Dm7/C

Dm9/A B maj7

Progression 2

5

Gm3 F

E

Progression 3

Dm7

Am8 B

Progression 4

F6/C

C7sus4 B /A F6/A

B add9 Dm7Progression 5

Gmadd9/D Dm

Dm Dm A7sus4/D Dm

Progression 6

6 Asus2/D

Dsus4 Fadd9/D

Dsus4 D

Progression 7

TABSOpen Dm Tuning - D A D F A D

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