Acoustic Guitar Player

Here is the 3rd article in the series of How Guitar Chords are Made, in this one I am covering D chords. 

Note how in the first article C Chords, the Key of C has no sharps (#)or Flats (b) , wheras the G scale has one sharp.  The key of D, you may or nopt know has 2 sharps, F and C are both sharp..this means one note or fret higher up the fret fretboard.
As before in the last article, if you look at the music stave above, you’ll notice that I have numbered each note and also given it an alphabetical name.

I’ll also remind you that the way chords are made is generally by taking the 1st, 3rd and 5th of a scale.

If you look at the top line of music above, you’ll see it is D, F# and A, this is called a D major triad.  You could also play a couple of D’s F#’s or A’s  instead of just one, it’s still a D major chord.

If you look at the second line of music above, you’ll see it is D, F natural and A, this is called a D minor triad.  Also, just like the major chord, you could play a couple of D’s F’s  or A’s instead of just one, it’s still a D minor chord.

The seventh chord consists of the 1st, the 3rd, the 5th and also the 7th note, but this is IMPORTANT. Look closely at the note though, in truth what is known as a 7th is really a flattened 7th, it is one note lower than the seventh note of the normal major scale. Because of the construction of the guitar fretboard, guitar players often leave out notes of a chord, in the case of the D7, I have omitted the A note, but as before in the previous articles listen and you’ll notice that it still sounds right.

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How Guitar Chords Are Made - D Chords