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D major (D) Guitar Chord

The "open" D major chord is one of the most commonly used chords in guitar music.

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

There is a lot going on in the D major barre chord held in the shape of the "C" barre chord. This is one of the trickier chords to play.

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

Here's the "D" major barre chord using the "A" major shape. The barre of this chord is located at the 5th fret.

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

A variation of the D major chord.

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D major barre chord starting at the 10th fret.

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

This is an alternate way to finger the D major chord. This fingering is not necessarily used often, but can be useful if you need your other fingers to strike melody notes.

D Chord Chart

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

This voicing of a D major chord is played in dropped D tuning. It combines open string notes with notes played in tenth position.

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

This version of the "open" D major chord is played in dropped-D tuning.

D Chord Chart

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

This voicing of a D major chord is played in fifth position. The open D string is an optional note in this chord voicing.

D Chord Chart

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

This voicing of D major features a low root note on the fifth string. The third finger performs a barre across the D, G, and B strings. Notice how the first string is omitted from this shape.

D Chord Chart

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

This voicing of D major is based on the shape of the "open" C major chord.

D Chord Chart

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

This voicing for D major omits the third of the chord. This voicing was largely popularized by Hendrix.

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

This is the D major chord played using the A shape barre chord. This fingering uses fingers 2, 3 and 4.

D Chord Chart

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"0" indicates that the open string should be played.

This D major triad features the fifth of the chord (A) in the bass.

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