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The Minor blues in D minor

Minor blues in D minor plays Dm7, Gm7 and A7 — i, iv and V — across 12 chords. The twelve-bar blues form in a minor key: minor seventh chords throughout, except a dominant seventh V that pulls harder back to the tonic.

The chords, in order

Bar 1Dm7i
Bar 2Gm7iv
Bar 3Dm7i
Bar 4Dm7i
Bar 5Gm7iv
Bar 6Gm7iv
Bar 7Dm7i
Bar 8Dm7i
Bar 9A7V
Bar 10Gm7iv
Bar 11Dm7i
Bar 12A7V

The shapes

iDm7
D minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, open, fret 2, fret 1, fret 1. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 1, strings 5 to 6.
xx0211ivGm7
G minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 3, fret 1, open, open, fret 3, fret 1. Frets are relative to the capo.
310031VA7
A dominant seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 2, open, fret 2, open. Frets are relative to the capo.
x02020

The same progression in a nearby key

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