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D on guitar

D is a major, spelled D, F# and A. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is xx0232, which sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteDF#A
Interval1P3M5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

D major, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, open, fret 2, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 2. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 2, strings 4 to 6.2
xx0232sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
D major, position 5, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, open, fret 7 with finger 2, fret 7 with finger 3, fret 5 with finger 1. Frets are relative to the capo.5fr231
xx0775sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
D major, position 10, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 10 with finger 1, open, open, fret 11 with finger 4, fret 10 with finger 2, fret 10 with finger 3. Frets are relative to the capo.10fr1423
1000111010sits at fret 10, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open
D major, position 9, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 10 with finger 2, fret 9 with finger 1, open, fret 11 with finger 4, fret 10 with finger 3, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.9fr2143
10901110xsits at fret 9, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
D major, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 5 with finger 2, fret 5 with finger 3, fret 4 with finger 1, muted, muted, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.231
554xxxsits at fret 4, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
D major, position 7, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, open, fret 7, fret 7, muted. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 7, strings 4 to 5.7fr
xx077xsits at fret 7, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 7, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
D major, position 14, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, open, fret 14, fret 15 with finger 2, fret 14. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 14, strings 4 to 6.14fr2
xx0141514sits at fret 14, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 14, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
D major, position 11, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, open, fret 11 with finger 1, muted, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.11fr1
x0011xxsits at fret 11, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
D major, position 3, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, fret 4 with finger 2, fret 7 with finger 4, fret 3 with finger 1, fret 5 with finger 3. Frets are relative to the capo.3fr2413
x04735sits at fret 3, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
D major, position 12, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 14 with finger 2, open, fret 12 with finger 1, fret 14 with finger 3, muted, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.12fr213
1401214xxsits at fret 12, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
D major, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2 with finger 1, open, open, fret 2 with finger 2, fret 3 with finger 4, fret 2 with finger 3. Frets are relative to the capo.1243
200232sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open
D major, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, open, open, fret 2, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 2. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 2, strings 4 to 6.2
x00232sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string

The five shapes

Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. D turns up as a D shape, a C shape, an A shape, a G shape and an E shape: D at the nut, C at fret 2, A at fret 5, G at fret 7, E at fret 10.

D major, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, open, fret 2, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 2. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 2, strings 4 to 6.2
D shapeD as a D shape: the open shape itself, fingered xx0232 against the nut.
D major, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 5 with finger 4, fret 4 with finger 3, fret 2, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 2. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 2, strings 4 to 6.432
C shapeD as a C shape: barre at fret 2, fingered x54232.
D major, position 5, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 5, fret 7 with finger 2, fret 7 with finger 3, fret 7 with finger 4, fret 5. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 5, strings 2 to 6.5fr234
A shapeD as an A shape: barre at fret 5, fingered x57775.
D major, position 7, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 10 with finger 3, fret 9 with finger 2, fret 7, fret 7, fret 7, fret 10 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 7, strings 3 to 5.7fr324
G shapeD as a G shape: barre at fret 7, fingered 10977710.
D major, position 10, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 10, fret 12 with finger 3, fret 12 with finger 4, fret 11 with finger 2, fret 10, fret 10. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 10, strings 1 to 6.10fr342
E shapeD as an E shape: barre at fret 10, fingered 101212111010.

Keys D belongs to

D is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

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