the D chord

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: Bullfrog Jones
Date: 15 Oct 02 - 05:57 PM

D augmented -- now THAT'S a chord!

BJ

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: C-flat
Date: 15 Oct 02 - 06:12 PM

....or the all purpose Django jazz/blues chord...D with a flat9.

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 15 Oct 02 - 07:37 PM

Of course with DADGAD it's easy enough to play a shape that gives you a D on all strings. Not that it would be a chord, but it's certainly a D. Or rather a DDDDDD.

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: GUEST,Fred Miller
Date: 16 Oct 02 - 09:34 AM

I know a lot of D's, D is a friend of mine, but it was only recently that it occurred to me to do the two-finger D by barreing at the second fret, and putting the second finger on the third fret on the b-string. Sometimes that's handy.
    For some reason I've always liked to do first position G without a 3rd, 3xoo33, until I want the B to make a dramatic entrance. Anyway, PaulM, that lets you have an extra finger still to noodle around with, and it's easy for my fat finger to kill the a-string.

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: Glen Reid
Date: 16 Oct 02 - 10:51 AM

When changing from a D to a D7, I sometimes maintain the D shape,but fret the A string at the 3rd. fret with the pinkie.

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: GUEST,van lingle
Date: 16 Oct 02 - 03:36 PM

Interesting thread Bob, I think some folks are just unfamiliar with your direct approach. One of the ways I play a D is to move a first position C chord up one step and I wind up fingering it like this:
i= A at 2nd fret 3rd string, m= D at 3rd fret 2nd string, r= F# at 4th fret 4th string, p (little finger)= D at 5th fret 5th string. Play this D, move same position up to an F# chord then up a half step to a G chord then walk it back down half a step at a time to an E chord and you've got Dock of the Bay. Comes in very handy on moving chords up the neck when fingerpicking. vl

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 Oct 02 - 05:07 PM

G without the B? (Fred Miller) A good way to do that is play an F with the thumb fretting the sixth string, slide it up two frets so its a G - and then you lift the middle finger, and play the G string open. Great sound, a G diad, neither major nor minor. (I gather it's what some people call a "power chord".)

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: 53
Date: 16 Oct 02 - 05:52 PM

iT JUST SOUNDS GOOD WHEN YOU PLAY IT.

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: GUEST,Mary
Date: 15 Feb 03 - 05:38 PM

Threads like this are really helpful to new people interested in learning the instrument.
I thank all of you who answered the question with kindness.
Thats what impresses me about mudcat and there are many of us
who thanks Mudcat for the variety of questions pertaining
especially to the music lover.

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: Cluin
Date: 15 Feb 03 - 06:48 PM

Not a diad, McGrath. The power chord would have only 2 notes, the tonic (1st note) and the dominant (5th note), in the F chord the notes F and C.

The F variation you refer to above is actually a Fsus2 chord Where the 3rd of the scale (A) is replaced by the 2nd (G). So neither a major or minor chord, as You said.

That Fsus2 chord is often used to replace the regular F in bluegrass tunes in the key of G (or even C) to keep a modal sound, especially since Clarence White and Tony Rice really popularized it.

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: Cluin
Date: 15 Feb 03 - 06:53 PM

Whoops, sorry, McGrath. I misread your post and missed where you said the chord was moved up two frets. You were right. It's a F5th "power chord".

And for some reason I had a lot of extraneous capitals in my post...

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: Cluin
Date: 15 Feb 03 - 06:56 PM

And Glen... that's actually a D Augmented, right?

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: GUEST,sorefingers
Date: 15 Feb 03 - 09:25 PM

Oh so that's how I should have been playing it, shucks now I need to
remove the nail and string off of my new Martin.

Also since D is so popular who likes to wallop out Sloop John B in the
key of D? and who does can you quickly show me how to make is really complicated with lots of weird chords?


Thankyou in anticipation.

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: BuckMulligan
Date: 15 Feb 03 - 09:32 PM

Why did you post this?

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: GUEST,loqui
Date: 15 Feb 03 - 10:30 PM

How do you play a chord on the whistle?

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: Frankham
Date: 15 Feb 03 - 11:04 PM

In order to physically play the guitar do you have to be born with the right D 'n' A? (Please don't all groan at once).

Frank

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: Bobert
Date: 15 Feb 03 - 11:20 PM

Ahhh, heck with all that work. Just drop both E string to a D and have a ball. There ain't too many songs you can't play in that tuning, what ever it's called. (D Model?)

Don't slide real good but heck, you can play a D with one hand tied behind yer back...

Bobert

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: GUEST,unc bill
Date: 16 Feb 03 - 12:29 AM

Could the answer possibly be, anybody but a dulcimer player?

Subject: RE: the D chord
From: Marion
Date: 16 Feb 03 - 09:42 AM

Hi Guest Mary. If you found the guitar-playing tips in this thread helpful, there's a lot more where they came from in archived discussions. Have you come across this thread yet: Help for Pickers Permathread? It's full of playing tips and links to other threads where playing technique is discussed.

Good luck, Marion