D Minor Chord on Guitalele
Play D Minor on Guitalele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The D Minor chord is a darker, melancholic minor triad that anchors countless songs. It is built from the notes D, F, A. This page shows how to play D Minor on Guitalele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the D and A strings open and takes the rest at fret 1, reaching across 2 frets. The A string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. The root is the D string itself. It sounds from D3 up to A4.
Guitalele is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on guitalele — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on D or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.