Rock in D minor (variant) — chord change
Unlike the catalogue's other D minor grid, which borrows the Dorian mode (major IV), this one (Dm, F, Am, C) stays in strict natural minor: all four chords are diatonic to D natural minor, with no borrowing at all. It's a different degree pattern (i-III-v-VII) from the catalogue's other D minor grid, not just a simpler or harder variant of the same thing.
Tips
If you know the catalogue's other D minor grid, compare the two by ear: this one sounds darker, without the other's Dorian colour.
Play each chord for several beats before moving to the next, and only speed up once the sequence is clean.
F is the only barre chord in this grid: isolate it if the changes only slow down when approaching it.
Chord progression — Dm
Bar 1
Dm
i
Bar 2
F
III
Bar 3
Am
v
Bar 4
C
VII
Chords
Related sheets
- Rock in A minor (variant) — arpeggios (Level 3)
- Rock in D minor (variant) — fingerstyle (Level 3)
- Rock in A minor — chord changes (Level 3)