Guitar Lesson - How to play a D major chord
The next chord you need to learn about is an important chord to know as it is used a lot while playing songs. The chord is D major. This lesson will visually demonstrate what strings to strike while playing the chord so you can follow along.
Your first finger goes on the 3rd string / 2nd fret.
Your third finger needs to rest on the 2nd string / 3rd fret.
And lastly put your second finger on 1st string / 2nd fret.
Here's an image to help demonstrate strings and frets on your guitar and where your fingers should be placed:
Then you can either play strings four through to one OR strings five through to one. Once you get into writing your own music, you'll find a mixture of both is always nice to experiment with.
To start this video lesson, press the go arrow:
This is how a D major chord is shown on a tab.
Like shown in the video, The first finger is on the second fret, 4th string, 2nd finger 6th string 2nd fret and the 4rd finger 5th string 3rd fret,
This chord might be tricky at first, but keep practising and you will get it in no time.
Listed below are a couple of other guitar chords for those who may have missed our earlier lessons: