Rock in D minor (variant) — syncopated muted strums

Level 4 rock quick change

As with F on the catalogue's barre chord grid in C, the barre here needs to stay firm rather than ease off to mute cleanly — a constraint the syncopation makes even more demanding, with no dead time to check the barre's grip between hits.

Tips

If simple muting on F isn't reliable yet on this grid, work on it in isolation first.
Keep the barre finger firmly in place throughout the syncopated pattern.
On Dm, Am and C, the palm does all the work with no barre constraint: consciously contrast that with F.

Chord progression — Dm

Bar 1 Dm i
Bar 2 F III
Bar 3 Am v
Bar 4 C VII

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