D guitar chord
D major. Notes: D F♯ A.01
BeginnerEasy shape
Open position · Open & ringing
Thumb-mute the two lowest strings.
String by string, low to high
- Low E muted: don’t play it
- A muted: don’t play it
- D open (D)
- G fret 2, finger 1 (A)
- B fret 3, finger 3 (D)
- High E fret 2, finger 2 (F♯)
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HardHarder shape
A-shape · fret 5 · Full & movable
Root on the 5th string at fret 5. Set your first finger across fret 5 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E muted: don’t play it
- A fret 5, finger 1 (D)
- D fret 7, finger 2 (A)
- G fret 7, finger 3 (D)
- B fret 7, finger 4 (F♯)
- High E fret 5, finger 1 (A)
Hear it, then check it
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Open D in Chordbyte03
Practise changing to D
Four-chord progressions with D in them. Each opens in Chordbyte with a metronome, a play-along and a one-minute changes drill.
- G major, I–V–vi–IV: G D Em CAs in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
- G major, I–vi–IV–V: G Em C DAs in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
- G major, vi–IV–I–V: Em C G DAs in “Zombie” by The Cranberries.
- G major, I–IV–V–I: G C D GAs in “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens (the same I, IV and V).
- G major, I–ii–IV–V: G Am C D
- G major, I–IV–I–V: G C G DAs in “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison (verse).
- D major, I–V–vi–IV: D A Bm GAs in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
- D major, I–vi–IV–V: D Bm G AAs in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
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