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D#m on guitar

D#m is a minor, spelled D#, F# and A#. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is xx1342, which sits at fret 1, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.

Notes and intervals

NoteD#F#A#
Interval1P3m5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

D# minor, open position, capo 01342
xx1342sits at fret 1, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings
D# minor, position 6, capo 06fr342
x68876sits at fret 6, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 6 and mutes 1 string
D# minor, open position, capo 0213
xx434xsits at fret 3, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
D# minor, open position, capo 03241
xx4342sits at fret 2, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings
D# minor, position 11, capo 011fr23
111313111111sits at fret 11 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 11
D# minor, position 4, capo 04fr231
664xxxsits at fret 4, spans 2 frets and mutes 3 strings
D# minor, position 7, capo 07fr231
xx887xsits at fret 7, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
D# minor, position 8, capo 08fr324
1198811xsits at fret 8, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 8 and mutes 1 string
D# minor, position 13, capo 013fr2
141313xxxsits at fret 13, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 13 and mutes 3 strings
D# minor, position 9, capo 09fr2143
1191311xxsits at fret 9, spans 4 frets and mutes 2 strings
D# minor, open position, capo 02
211xxxsits at fret 1, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 1 and mutes 3 strings
D# minor, position 6, capo 06fr1342
x6887xsits at fret 6, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings

The five shapes

Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. D#m turns up as a D shape, an A shape and an E shape: D at fret 1, A at fret 6, E at fret 11.

D# minor, open position, capo 01342
D shapeD#m as a D shape: index finger at fret 1, fingered xx1342.
D# minor, position 6, capo 06fr342
A shapeD#m as an A shape: barre at fret 6, fingered x68876.
D# minor, position 11, capo 011fr23
E shapeD#m as an E shape: barre at fret 11, fingered 111313111111.

Keys D#m belongs to

D#m is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

D#m in another tuning

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