D7 chord on guitar
D dominant 7th
D7 is a dominant 7th chord with four notes: D, F#, A and C. Learn it first as an open shape: one open string and three fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and two more ways to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the B string, fret 1
- Middle on the high e string, fret 2
- Ring on the G string, fret 2
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Skip the low E and A strings and strum from the D string down.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Threeindex, middle and ring
- Strings played
- FourD, G, B and high e
- Open strings
- Onethe D string
- Lowest note
- D3the root, on the D string
- Frets
- x x 0 2 1 2low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in D7
- Droot
- F#major third
- Aperfect fifth
- Cminor seventh
A dominant 7th chord is a major chord with a minor seventh added on top. F# is the major third, four frets above the root. A is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. C is the minor seventh, ten frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: F#4major third
- B string: C4minor seventh
- G string: A3perfect fifth
- D string: D3root
- A string: not played
- low E string: not played
Every note of D7 is in this shape.
Other ways to play it
- Barre at fret 5x 5 7 5 7 5Root on the A string.
- Barre at fret 1010 12 10 11 10 10Root on the low E string.
Related chords
All 111 chords in the chartStrum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play D7 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.