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Standard tuning

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 02
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 05fr231
xx0775sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
D major, position 10, capo 010fr1423
1000111010sits at fret 10, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open
D major, position 9, capo 09fr2143
10901110xsits at fret 9, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
D major, open position, capo 0231
554xxxsits at fret 4, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
D major, position 7, capo 07fr
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 014fr2
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 011fr1
x0011xxsits at fret 11, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
D major, position 3, capo 03fr2413
x04735sits at fret 3, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
D major, position 12, capo 012fr213
1401214xxsits at fret 12, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
D major, open position, capo 01243
200232sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret and lets 2 strings ring open
D major, open position, capo 02
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 02
D shapeD as a D shape: the open shape itself, fingered xx0232 against the nut.
D major, open position, capo 0432
C shapeD as a C shape: barre at fret 2, fingered x54232.
D major, position 5, capo 05fr234
A shapeD as an A shape: barre at fret 5, fingered x57775.
D major, position 7, capo 07fr324
G shapeD as a G shape: barre at fret 7, fingered 10977710.
D major, position 10, capo 010fr342
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.

D in another tuning

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