Modal RunsDm11 Chord (Minor 11th)
Minor 11th stacks the 11th on min9 — root, flat 3rd, 5th, flat 7th, 9th, 11th — spacious modal-jazz harmony. The notes of Dm11 are D, F, A, C, E, G.
This is close to Dorian itself stacked as a chord — modal jazz (think "So What"-style harmony) leans on exactly this kind of open, unresolved minor colour.
Dm11 voicings on guitar
Every playable, root-in-the-bass grip standard tuning offers, computed from the chord’s own formula — not a fixed shape library.
Play it under a slow Dorian improvisation and notice how little it asks to resolve — that patience is the whole modal-jazz aesthetic.
Formula and intervals
R - b3 - 5 - b7 - 2 - 4 — 6 notes.
Scales that fit Dm11
Every scale below contains all of this chord’s notes — safe territory to improvise in over it.