D#m Chord
The D#m is a minor chord that sounds darker, more melancholic, and expressive. Minor chords add emotional depth and drama. The lowered third gives them their characteristic bittersweet quality, making them essential for blues, rock, and emotional ballads.
Open Position
Chord Diagrams
Position, Fret 6
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 11
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play D#m
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ✕Mute, do not play this string | – |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 6 with your index finger | F# |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 8 with your ring finger | A# |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 8 with your pinky finger | D# |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 7 with your middle finger | F# |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 6 with your index finger | A# |
○ = Open string (no fingers needed)
✕ = Muted string (don't play)
● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret
Notes in D#m
The D#m chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Songs Using D#m
These songs from our play-along library feature the D#m chord:
Sahiba
Aditya Rikhari
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
Great Expectation
SIENNA SPIRO
Saturn
SZA
Solar Eclipse
Drake, Don Toliver
Africa
Toto
Antidote
Karan Aujla
My Old Ways
Tame Impala
Bye Bye Bye
*NSYNC
Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N' Roses
My Body Isn't Ready
sombr
Black Friday
Tom Odell
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
November Rain
Guns N' Roses
Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby ft. Ronnie Spector
Eddie Money
IYKYK
Jxggi, Dishant & Sickboi
Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Rashid Ali
Afraid To Feel
LF System
the cure
Olivia Rodrigo
Sooraj Dooba Hai
Arijit Singh
The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel
Cold feat. Post Malone
BigXthaPlug
Frozen
Lil Baby
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
Jasleen Royal
House Tour
Sabrina Carpenter
Pehla Nasha
Udit Narayan
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Housewife
Tate McRae
HOT TO GO!
Chappell Roan
Sajni
Jal The Band
Patience
Guns N' Roses
Last Night
Morgan Wallen
Tera Ban Jaunga
Akhil
I Won't Give Up
Jason Mraz
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Until I Found You
Stephen Sanchez
Woh Ladki Jo
Abhijeet
Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage
Arijit Singh
back to friends
sombr
Like a Stone
Audioslave
I Can't Love You Anymore
Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen
Homewrecker
sombr
People Watching
Sam Fender
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison
Hell Yeah
Rev Theory
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
Elton John
BED
Joel Corry
Alag Aasmaan
Anuv Jain
Azizam
Ed Sheeran
i like the way you kiss me
Artemas
WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
RAYE
Pink Pony Club
Chappell Roan
Free
Rumi & JINU
Layla
Derek & The Dominos
Choosin' Texas
Ella Langley
How It's Done
HUNTR/X
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
Tum Se Hi
Mohit Chauhan
Sapphire
Ed Sheeran
Little Sister
Queens of the Stone Age
Sprinter
Central Cee & Dave
Dracula
Tame Impala
I Run
HAVEN
tv off
Kendrick Lamar
Home
Good Neighbours
What It Sounds Like
HUNTR/X
O Mere Dil Ke Chain
Kishore Kumar
Roxanne
The Police
No Broke Boys
Disco Lines & Tinashe
Tere Sang Yaara
Atif Aslam
About Damn Time
Lizzo
Ranjha
B Praak
In The End
Linkin Park
party 4 u
Charli xcx
Raindance
Dave & Tems
Kal Ho Na Ho
Sonu Nigam
More Than Words
Extreme
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Stateside
PinkPantheress
Heartbreak Anthem
Galantis
Gul
Anuv Jain
GBP
Central Cee & 21 Savage
ღ Black Velvet ~ Alannah Myles ღ
Nikoletta Triantopoulou
Favorite
Isabel LaRosa
Runnin' with the Devil
Van Halen
American Girls
Harry Styles
When It Rains It Pours
Luke Combs
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