Yes, I have to agree, I have a song at the moment that switches from D to Dm and it just feels weird 
In the past very few songs Iâve tackled seem to contain a Dm is it just not a common chord?
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That shape will all go the way up the neck so is an important triad to get under oneâs fingers. Donât dismiss it. It will come in handy later in the guitar journey.
PS: BTW Sultanâs of Swing is in Dmin
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@Isthatkolt, Iâm guessing youâre talking about the song exercise at the end of the practice routine, chord changes from and to Dm, and the old faithful strumming pattern. First of all: Dm is hard, switching to/from Dm is hard and combining that with a strumming pattern is hard. Everyone struggles with this. 5 days is not a long time to master all this.
Donât try to take three steps at a time: practice the chord changes during the chord changes exercise, practice the strumming pattern during the strumming exercise, and practice song playing during the last 10 min. If you want to practise more in a day then just the practice routine, go for several short intervals, spread over the day instead of one long session.
For the song exercise, there are 2 rules: 1) slow it down to a tempo you can follow, and gradually speed up as you get better, 2) start with 1 downstrum per bar, if that goes well 2, then 4, then apply the strumming pattern.
Youâll see youâll quickly get better at this. But you also need to exercise that A to Dm change separately if thatâs where youâre stumbling in the song.
If you have mastered everything else in module 4, and itâs just the one chord change youâre struggling with, and youâre getting bored, donât hesitate to move on to module 5, just keep practicing the chord change youâre struggling with.
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Question, when you place down your pinky on the B string, is it ok for the ring finger to also be on the B string or do I need to raise it so itâs not touching anything?
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Just tested (I usually use my ringfinger on the B-string when playing Dm, not my pinky). You can put both pinky and ringfinger on the B-string in fret 3. As long as you do not get buzzing, it wonât change the sound quality in my ears. Might not be âtechnically correctâ, but as always: Whatever sounds good is good - especially if it makes playing Dm easier for you at the moment.
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To add to what Nicole said you should try and lift your ring finger for finger independence. In the beginning of your guitar journey most people find their pinky and ring finger work together and itâs hard to make them work independently.
Itâs not a big deal if you canât do it right away but it is a goal to work towards.
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Got it, I guess Iâll just try to consciously lift it then for future proofing haha. Thanks JokuMuu and stitch
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I had the problem on which finger is better to use for Dm Chord. Justin teaches us to use the little finger, on early stages, but later when we learn the sus chords Justin plays Dm chord with the ring finger when uses the sus chords. Whatâs the best way to play Dm Chord?
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both are good 
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Hi Koutsos, This is a dilemma that has followed me through my beginning guitar journey. Not a bad one, mind youâŠ. Which fingering is âbestâ depends a lot on context. For example, depending on what chords you are changing from or to, you might use a different fingering. Iâve tried to follow Justinâs guidance as it is given in the lesson Iâm currently working on. In this case, he explains both grips, and provides guidance (not quoted here, but head on over the the page to read more!) on which to choose, on the website notes for this lesson:
HOW TO PLAY THE DM CHORD ON GUITAR
There are two different fingerings you can use to play the Dm Chord on guitar. If youâre a beginner, I recommend using Fingers 1, 2, and 4 to play the Dm chord on the guitar. We tend to avoid using our pinky in the early guitar stages, but we need to develop that 4th finger! There are a few benefits related to this fingering, and weâll get back to it in just one second.
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Thanks @judi ! You are very helpful 
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The fullest answer is both.
Using third finger allows you to embellish to a Dsus4 chord with little finger.
Using little finger allows you to embellish with different bass notes using third finger.
The context can determine which you use.
If no embellishment is needed and you simply need to form and hold a Dm chord, use the one that comes best to you.
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It seems like thereâs an error in Justinâs video and information below the video in this lesson. The chord picture shows that we should hold the 4th fret of the G string whereas everywhere online as well as in the video Justin says it should be the 3th fret. At first when I tried to play the chord without watching the video I was like âman, is this supposed to be almost impossible?â
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Hi Dominik @Domin339, welcome to the community! If you have a minute, visit the Introduce Yourself topic and say hello to everyone!
The 4 in the image below (taken from the website) indicates using your 4th finger (little finger or pinky). So, your little finger will be on the second string third fret. Justin discusses this in the text on the website just below the image:
There are two different fingerings you can use to play the Dm Chord on guitar. If youâre a beginner, I recommend using Fingers 1, 2, and 4 to play the Dm chord on the guitar. We tend to avoid using our pinky in the early guitar stages, but we need to develop that 4th finger! There are a few benefits related to this fingering, and weâll get back to it in just one second.
If youâre not already doing so, Iâd recommend reading the notes Justinâs provides on the website for each lesson. There are sometimes tidbits of information there that are not in the videos, and if there is an error in the video (we all make mistakes!), the correction will be in the notes⊠Hope this helps!
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Hi community
I think the main idea 
of using 4th finger in D minor Chord is to use our pinky finger . Am i right?
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If you mean the D minor chord your are correct. The pinky gets very little use in the beginning but need exercise because latter on it become very useful and used a lot.
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@matimusic Mati, in your post you mention D major which is either a typo or I need to move the pose to the D major topic, this being the D minor chord topic.
I am also wondering if your post is triggered by the chord diagram in the previous post.
In addition to @stitchâs reply, I agree, I would also consider these reasons.
Assuming you meant D minor, many people find the stretch to play the chord with fingers 1, 2, & 3 a challenge initially. Over time that becomes possible but replacing the 3rd with 4th finger allows you to begin to play the chord.
The other reason for using the pinky in a chord that is most frequently formed with fingers 1, 2, & 3 is that it frees up one of those fingers to add embellishments. Perhaps not when playing the D major chord, but I have benefited in this way when playing a 2 finger G with fingers 3 & 4 on the 3rd fret of E and e strings.
WRT D major I think it is far more typical to play with fingers 1, 2, & 3 which frees the pinky to be used to play the Dsus4. It is a common embellishment that sounds good, moving between D, Dsus4 (adding the pinky on 3rd fret e string), and Dsus2 (lifting the 2nd finger off the 2nd fret e string)
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Hi Mati, I canât see how it sounds 
, but it looks alright
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Haha mate yes you canât see the sound good logic 
and thanks for telling me that it look alright but im not sure about my first finger on first fret high e string is it alright
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