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D7 Guitar Chord

A tense chord that "wants" to resolve up a fourth. Essential for blues, jazz, rock'n'roll and funk. The added minor seventh creates characteristic tension.

Guitar

Strings X–X–0–2–1–2

How to play the D7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–0–2–1–2 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 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · ring finger

Notation for D7 chord

Other names: D dominant 7th, D dom7, D 7

Music theory name: dominant seventh chord

Common name: D seven chord

Intervals and tones in D7 chord

Note Interval
D Root
F# Major 3rd
A Perfect 5th
C Minor 7th

All Variations

Open
X–X–0–2–1–2
Fret 3
X–5–4–5–3–X
Fret 5
5–5–7–5–7–5
Fret 10
10–12–10–11–10–10

Songs using D7