Dm11 (minor eleventh)

6-note minor 11th on DD, E, F, G, A, C.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

A minor ninth extended to the eleventh — spacious and modal, a defining sound of Herbie-Hancock-era jazz.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1Droot
9Eninth
♭3Fminor third
11Geleventh (perfect fourth)
5Aperfect fifth
♭7Cflat seventh (dominant)

The formula reads in semitones above the root (D): 1, 9, ♭3, 11, 5, ♭7. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

open position
3fr21341
from fret 3
8fr314211
from fret 8
10fr111114
from fret 10

Ukulele fingerings · 3

7fr3122
from fret 7
7fr4121
from fret 7
10fr1341
from fret 10

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other D chords

m11 (minor eleventh) chords on every root