D m7 Chord on Octave Mandolin
How to play the D m7 chord on Octave Mandolin: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The D m7 chord is a minor seventh — a smooth, mellow staple of jazz, soul, and funk. It is built from the notes D, F, A, C. This page shows how to play D m7 on Octave Mandolin 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 root is the D string itself. It sounds from A2 up to F4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 7.
Octave Mandolin is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
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.