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D Major Guitar Chord

The fundamental chord with a bright, happy and stable sound. Forms the basis of most popular, rock, folk and classical music. Consists of three notes: the root, major third and perfect fifth.

Guitar

D Major chord for guitar – fingering X–X–0–2–3–2, chord diagram

Strings X–X–0–2–3–2

How to play the D Major chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–0–2–3–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play

5th string (A) Do not play

4th string (D) Play open

3rd string (G) Fret 2 · index finger

2nd string (B) Fret 3 · ring finger

1st string (high E) Fret 2 · middle finger

Notation for D chord

Other names: D major, D maj, D M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: D major chord

Intervals and tones in D chord

Note	Interval
D	Root
F#	Major 3rd
A	Perfect 5th

All Variations

D Major chord for guitar, variation 1

Open

X–X–0–2–3–2

D Major chord for guitar, variation 2 from fret 2

Fret 2

X–5–4–2–3–2

D Major chord for guitar, variation 3 from fret 5

Fret 5

X–5–7–7–7–5

D Major chord for guitar, variation 4 from fret 10

Fret 10

10–12–12–11–10–10

Fret 14

X–X–0–14–15–14

Fret 3

6–6–5–0–3–0

Fret 5

X–5–7–7–X–X

Open

0–2–2–1–0–0

Fret 10

10–12–12–11–0–0

Open

X–X–2–3–2–0

Open

X–X–0–2–1–2

Open

0–0–0–2–3–2

Open

2–2–2–2–2–2

Open

X–0–0–2–3–2

Fret 5

X–5–7–7–7–X

Songs using D

Chci zas v tobě spát

Jiří Schelinger

Na ostří nože

Šrouby a matice

Síla starejch vín

Jaroslav Uhlíř, Zdeněk Svěrák

Bedna vod whisky /Bedna od whisky/

Trampská, Wabi a Miki Ryvola

Morituri te salutant