Improvisation — rock in D minor, variant New
The Dm-F-Am-C progression, built entirely from the natural degrees of D minor, is played with the same D minor pentatonic scale as the basic Dm-Am-G-C grid.
Tips
Land on the D root each time the Dm chord comes back around in the loop, to really feel your phrases resolve.
Chord progression — Dm
Bar 1
Dm
i
Bar 2
F
III
Bar 3
Am
v
Bar 4
C
VII
Fretboard position
root note other scale note
Chords
Related sheets
- Rock in B minor (variant) — fingerstyle (Level 4)
- String-skip zigzag riff — G minor (Level 4)
- Rock in D minor — syncopated rhythm (Level 4)