A
Major
MAJOR CHORD
How to play D on guitar
Read the diagram from the low E string on the left to the high E string on the right. Pick each intended string separately before strumming the complete shape.
- Notes
- D · F# · A
- Intervals
- 1 - 3 - 5
- Level
- Beginner
STRING BY STRING
D chord fingering
This voicing uses the fret pattern x x 0 2 3 2. Keep fretting fingers close behind the fret wire and avoid touching adjacent open strings.
Low EMute
AMute
DOpen
GFret 2
BFret 3
High EFret 2
BUILD THE CHORD
Notes and intervals in D
The D chord combines D, F#, A. Its formula, 1 - 3 - 5, describes each note relative to the D root.
D1
F#3
A5