This one is a little stretchy but there is a cheat ;)

Video Lesson

 

D minor stretch...

D minor can be a little bit of a stretch for a beginner, but you will soon limber up if you keep trying!

 

D minor requires a different type of hand position to any of the chords so far, but it is not hard. Put your fingers as shown, and make sure that your third finger is not muting the 1st string. Also check that you are only strumming the four strings shown.

You can use either fingers 1,2 and 3 (shown in the photo and diagram) or use 1, 2 and 4 if you find the stretch too much with your 3rd finger. See what feels good for you. Both have pro's and cons depending on the circumstances...

Some people find it easier to place the fingers down the third finger first, then second and then first. This is fine if it works for you, and can help you develop a good stretch. Eventually you will move them all at the same time anyhow!

Some people find it a little easier to angle your hand a little, pointing your fingers more at your eyes than at the sky (or you could think of it like your knuckles are a bit further away from you). Doesn't work for everyone, but experiment with your hand position and see what works well to get all the notes nice and clear.

You can check it with the audio example here:

Chord-Dm by justinguitar

 

Now you have some more chords we need to get changing between them in BC-124 • 1 minute Changes.

 

HELP!!!!

If you need to ask a question about this lesson - there is a topic set up specifically to help you with this lesson. To help you find it easily you can click the following link and it will take you right the topic. You'll be able to see questions that other people had and ask your own questions! Hopefully one of the very helpful members of our community will be there to help you soon, I do go there and answer stuff too - but there are just too many questions for me to answer alone! So click this link to get help with this lesson!

Justinguitar Beginner's Products

I have four great beginners products that will help you make the most of this course. Most popular is The Justinguitar Beginners Songbook which contains 100 songs arranged by difficulty that perfectly match up with each level of the course. Many people told me they like books more than web pages so we've made The Justinguitar Beginners Course Book (comes with 2 x CD's too!) and many people found being online to watch the videos a pain so we offer The Justinguitar Beginners Course DVD which also means you can watch the vids in much better quality. Together they complete the whole online course and are perfect when there is no internet connection!! Also very popular is Practical Music Theory for those that like to know what they are doing and why!! It covers very basic theory in an easy to digest way and puts it onto the guitar! They are all available in Bundle Packs too where you can save a bunch of money!! Buying products and making donations help keep the site free and growing! :)