1
00:00:09,313 --> 00:00:12,625
Hey, how're you doing? Justin here again, coming at you

2
00:00:12,625 --> 00:00:15,472
this time for a D minor.

3
00:00:15,472 --> 00:00:17,959
Now, the other two minors were pretty easy: 
the A minor was

4
00:00:17,959 --> 00:00:21,467
very similar to an E 
and an E minor was an E with a finger lifted off.

5
00:00:21,467 --> 00:00:24,391
So, D going to be really simple as well?

6
00:00:24,391 --> 00:00:25,388
Do I get into this D minor?

7
00:00:25,388 --> 00:00:28,338
Unfortunately not. It's not a particularly hard chord,

8
00:00:28,338 --> 00:00:31,181
it's not the big dreaded F chord that everyone dislikes.

9
00:00:31,181 --> 00:00:34,568
But it requires a little bit of a kind of awkward

10
00:00:34,568 --> 00:00:36,940
finger stretch for some people.

11
00:00:36,940 --> 00:00:38,377
I didn't find this one too bad,

12
00:00:38,377 --> 00:00:40,214
I had a lot more trouble with G chord 
when I was learning guitar.

13
00:00:40,214 --> 00:00:42,600
But a lot of people struggle with Dmin.

14
00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,987
So I'm going to show you a couple of 
little variations around it as well.

15
00:00:44,987 --> 00:00:48,520
So, let's go to a close-up and check out this new chord.

16
00:00:52,197 --> 00:00:55,853
Okay, here we are, looking at the D minor. 
Now, doesn't look too bad, does it?

17
00:00:55,853 --> 00:00:57,443
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking

18
00:00:57,443 --> 00:00:59,226
"Justin just said it was going to be a bit difficult and that

19
00:00:59,226 --> 00:01:02,297
doesn't look that hard".

20
00:01:02,297 --> 00:01:03,812
Well, it is that hard.

21
00:01:03,812 --> 00:01:04,570
Now, you can see here,

22
00:01:04,570 --> 00:01:05,327
the third finger has got to stretch

23
00:01:05,327 --> 00:01:07,333
and it's fingers one, two and three.

24
00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:10,526
Now, for a lot of people, that's a little bit difficult.

25
00:01:10,526 --> 00:01:14,581
I don't find it that hard now, and some people find that they angle their fingers a little bit like that,

26
00:01:14,581 --> 00:01:16,227
which is kind of okay,

27
00:01:16,227 --> 00:01:20,359
but I think you're better off trying to get it a little bit squarer on this one, for now.

28
00:01:21,021 --> 00:01:23,561
So what we've got here, let's start off with the usual:

29
00:01:23,561 --> 00:01:26,497
first finger, first string, first fret.

30
00:01:26,497 --> 00:01:30,162
Second finger, second fret, third string,

31
00:01:30,162 --> 00:01:32,861
and third finger has to move, you can see there, just the

32
00:01:32,861 --> 00:01:35,705
way my fingers had to go from here and then go out,

33
00:01:35,705 --> 00:01:38,355
it's going to the third fret of the second string.

34
00:01:38,355 --> 00:01:42,669
And it's that third finger that causes a lot of people problems, trying to play this chord.

35
00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:45,012
If that's you and you really struggle with this chord,

36
00:01:45,012 --> 00:01:48,538
the other fingering option is to use the fourth finger.

37
00:01:48,538 --> 00:01:50,844
Which I must admit that was the way I played Dm

38
00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:54,346
for a long time, using fingers one, two and four.

39
00:01:55,023 --> 00:01:56,766
It really doesn't make very much difference whether

40
00:01:56,766 --> 00:02:01,542
you use your third or your fourth. 
I prefer using my third these days,

41
00:02:01,542 --> 00:02:04,580
mainly because I can use a little chord trick called a suspended chord.

42
00:02:04,580 --> 00:02:06,574
In a slightly more advanced lesson.

43
00:02:06,574 --> 00:02:09,255
So I think fingers one, two and three are better,

44
00:02:09,255 --> 00:02:13,080
if you can stretch it. 
But if you can't, you can always go for whacking

45
00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,218
the old fourth finger down there.

46
00:02:15,218 --> 00:02:17,063
Now, when it comes to playing it,

47
00:02:17,063 --> 00:02:19,593
of course if you look at the chord diagram,

48
00:02:19,593 --> 00:02:23,745
you'll notice that you shouldn't touch the 
thickest two strings.

49
00:02:24,499 --> 00:02:26,469
So starting at the fourth string, you should do your strum

50
00:02:26,469 --> 00:02:28,003
. . .

51
00:02:28,003 --> 00:02:29,462
pick out the notes one at a time

52
00:02:29,462 --> 00:02:31,185
. . .

53
00:02:31,185 --> 00:02:33,254
Those three should be pretty straight forward,

54
00:02:33,254 --> 00:02:34,052
. . .

55
00:02:34,052 --> 00:02:36,361
It's usually this last note, the thinnest string,

56
00:02:36,361 --> 00:02:38,419
it just sounds like this for people:

57
00:02:38,419 --> 00:02:40,196
. . .

58
00:02:40,196 --> 00:02:43,122
And all again, it's the third finger lying down too much.

59
00:02:43,122 --> 00:02:45,285
As soon as you lift it back up a little bit,

60
00:02:45,285 --> 00:02:46,945
. . .

61
00:02:46,945 --> 00:02:49,288
You'll find that that's what'll give you that nice roundness

62
00:02:49,288 --> 00:02:52,194
in your fingers and it'll allow you to get that note.

63
00:02:52,194 --> 00:02:54,127
Which is the note F, actually.

64
00:02:54,127 --> 00:02:55,890
. . .

65
00:02:55,890 --> 00:02:58,091
Here, on your D minor chord.

66
00:02:59,337 --> 00:03:01,258
It is a really, really good chord, D minor,

67
00:03:01,258 --> 00:03:03,332
and even if it does feel a little bit stretchy,

68
00:03:03,332 --> 00:03:05,310
nearly everything that you do that's new,

69
00:03:05,310 --> 00:03:07,685
that's a little bit hard is going to be stretchy.

70
00:03:07,685 --> 00:03:09,199
And it's just a matter of getting used to it.

71
00:03:09,199 --> 00:03:11,810
Especially for the next stage, we've got G and C,

72
00:03:11,810 --> 00:03:14,432
which are again, even stretchier.

73
00:03:14,432 --> 00:03:16,418
But one thing that can help with these chords

74
00:03:16,418 --> 00:03:17,409
that have got a little bit of a stretch

75
00:03:17,409 --> 00:03:20,129
is to think to rotate your hand outwards.

76
00:03:20,129 --> 00:03:21,957
So if you've got your hand flat like this,

77
00:03:21,957 --> 00:03:24,491
is to think of your thumb down toward the ground,

78
00:03:24,491 --> 00:03:25,509
so as you're doing it,

79
00:03:25,509 --> 00:03:27,908
try and think that you're pushing this part of your hand

80
00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:30,015
up toward the guitar neck a bit more.

81
00:03:30,015 --> 00:03:31,544
That can often help with the stretch.

82
00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:34,171
If it's too long like this, feels a bit too,

83
00:03:34,171 --> 00:03:36,997
see your third finger is going to be a bit long there,

84
00:03:36,997 --> 00:03:38,116
so by doing that,

85
00:03:38,116 --> 00:03:40,010
it helps curl up those fingers

86
00:03:40,010 --> 00:03:41,648
and gets them in a good position.

87
00:03:41,648 --> 00:03:43,964
So, that might be something to think about there as well.

88
00:03:43,964 --> 00:03:46,150
So, have fun with your D minor.

89
00:03:46,150 --> 00:03:47,629
Now we're going to try to put them together.