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F/D 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. This is a slash chord — the bass note is D instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–5–7–5–6–5

How to play the F/D chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–5–7–5–6–5 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) Fret 5 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 7 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 5 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 6 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 5 · index finger

Notation for F/D chord

Other names: F major, F maj, F M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: F major chord

Intervals and tones in F/D chord

Note Interval
F Root
A Major 3rd
C Perfect 5th

All Variations

Fret 5
X–5–7–5–6–5
Fret 5
X–5–7–5–6–8
Open
X–X–0–2–1–1
Fret 5
X–X–0–5–6–5

More chords with F as the root

The same chord type in other keys