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Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
CHORD GUIDE

D chord on guitar (D major)

The D chord is the notes D, F# and A. The usual shape is an open chord: x x 0 2 3 2, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with D on the A key: tap it or press A to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitarSee the fingering
The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Press A or tap its pad to hear it
Notes
D F# A
Frets
x x 0 2 3 2
Shape
Open chord
Type
major

How to play D

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

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D
  1. Your index finger on the G string at the 2nd fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the B string at the 3rd fret.
  3. Your middle finger on the high E string at the 2nd fret.
  4. Let the D string ring open.
  5. Don't play the low E and A strings: start your strum on the D string.

D up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

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D (up the neck)

Play it as x 5 7 7 7 5, a barre at the 5th fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to the high E string at the 5th fret.
  2. Your middle finger on the D string at the 7th fret.
  3. Your ring finger on the G string at the 7th fret.
  4. Your little finger on the B string at the 7th fret.
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Chords that go with D

These share a key with D, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

Songs with D

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.