D minor 6 chordDm6

Built from

• Droot
• Fminor 3rd
• A5th
• B6th

A bright major 6th on top of a dark minor chord gives it an uneasy, cinematic edge.

Hear it in a progression

• Epic minor

  Film scores and stadium anthems. In D minor.

  Capo and transpose

  1. Dm6i
  2. B♭VI
  3. FIII
  4. CVII

• Minor cadence

  Dark, then a strong pull home. In D minor.

  Capo and transpose

  1. Dm6i
  2. Gmiv
  3. A7V7
  4. Dm6i

• Andalusian cadence

  Flamenco and surf rock, stepping down. In D minor.

  Capo and transpose

  1. Dm6i
  2. CVII
  3. B♭VI
  4. AV

Where it goes next

Thinking in D minor, where it is the i chord.

• B♭

  VI. Opens up into something bittersweet.

• Gm

  iv. Goes darker still.

• C

  VII. Steps down: a rock and folk staple.

• F

  III. Brightens into the relative major.

Sounds close

• Fdim7

  Shares 3 of its notes. Both have D, F and B.

• G7

  Shares 3 of its notes. Both have D, F and B.

• B♭maj7

  Shares 3 of its notes. Both have D, F and A.

• Bm7

  Shares 3 of its notes. Both have D, A and B.

Scales that fit

Notes you can play over this chord, simplest first.

• D dorian

Keys it lives in

• D minoras i
• G minoras v
• A minoras iv
• F majoras vi
• C majoras ii
• B♭ majoras iii