D Chord 12 Important Guitar Chords variations

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D CHORD:

Want to learn How to play Guitar D Chord variation.

Yes, you are at the right place. We will walk through 12 important D Chord Guitar variations and also look at the characteristics of the type of that Guitar chord such as D5 chord or Power Chord and sus chords types of Guitar Chord.

Guitar Chords variations are available with every single chords and same is for D Chord. In this post we are going to learn How to play Guitar D Chord variations which include D major chord, D7 Chord, Dm Chord, Dm7 Chord, Dmaj7 Chord, D sus2 Chord variation 1, D sus2 Chord variation 2, D sus4 Chord variation 1, D sus4 Chord variation 2, D7 sus4 Chord and D5 Chord or D power chord.

Let’s quickly check the D Chord variation Patterns:

1.     How to play D major Chord Guitar Variation:

Your first D Chord is most famous and simple D major Chord Guitar variation.

Place your index finger on 3^rd string 2^nd fret, middle finger on 1^st string 2^nd fret and ring finger on 2^nd string 3^rd fret to play D Chord Guitar variation.

D Chord Representation

Way to correctly play D major Chord Guitar variation you need not to strum 5^th and 6^th string and in case you face any difficulty which is OKAY then you can play these strings very lightly while strumming. Please look at the Chord chart and where ever I have pointed ‘X’ that means you need not to play that particular string.

2.     How to play D7 Chord Guitar Variation:

D7 Chord Guitar variation sounds pretty cool and used in many places in between songs in Guitar chords progression.

D7 Chord Representation

To play D7 Chord Guitar variation place your index finger on 2^nd string 1^st fret, middle finger on 3^rd string 2^nd fret and ring finger on 1^st string 2^nd fret.

3.     How to play Dm Chord Guitar Variation:

Dm Chord is D minor chord and is the second most useful D Chord which is played very frequently in Guitar Chords progression.

Dm Chord or D minor Chord Representation

To play Dm chord Guitar variation place your index finger on 1^st string 1^st fret, middle finger on 3^rd string 2^nd fret and smaller finger on 2^nd string 3^rd fret to play Dm Chord on Guitar. This is the standard way of placing your finger to play Dm Chord. You can also replace smaller finger with your ring finger.

4.     How to play Dm7 Chord Guitar Variation:

Dm7 Chord is D minor 7 Chord. ‘m’ suffix is used to signifies Minor nature of Guitar chords, minor nature of chord gives SAD feeling when played.

Dm7 Chord or D minor 7 Chord Representation

To play Dm7 Chord Guitar variation place your index finger on 1^st and 2^nd string 1^st fret, middle finger on 3^rd string 2^nd fret to play Dm Chord on Guitar. This is the standard way of placing your finger.

  

5.     How to play Dmaj7 Chord Guitar Variation:

D maj7 Chord is basically D major 7 Chord, Dmaj7 chord has both the characteristics of D major chord and D7 Chord which makes it D maj7 Chord.

Dmaj7 Chord or D major 7 Chord Representation

To play D maj7 Chord Guitar variation place your index finger on 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd string on 2^nd fret.

  

D Sus2 Chord and D sus4 Chord | Suspended Guitar Chords:

Sus Guitar chords are basically known as Suspended Chords on Guitar. Sus guitar chords are used to give different flavor to the songs. There are two sus chords which are majorly used sus2 chord and sus4 chord.

D sus4 Chord and D sus2 Chord is D Suspended 4 Chord and D suspended 2 Chord respectively. Suspended chord is majorly used in Pop music.

Well major chord on Guitar is a combination of its Root Note which is the 1^st Note, 3^rd Note and the 5^th Note of the scale. In order to play Sus2 chord we need to replace the middle 3^rd note with the 2^nd Note. Similarly to play sus4 chord we need to replace the 3^rd note with the 4^th Note.

Let’s take up an example of D Chord and try to find the Dsus4 Chord quickly. First write down the Note series starting from D i.e. D E F G A B C D.

And if Root note is C, 4^th Note is F and 5^th Note is G. So C sus4 chord should consist of C, F and G Notes.

6.     How to play Dsus2 Chord Guitar Variation 1:

To play D sus2 Chord Guitar variation place your index finger on 3^rd string 2^nd fret and ring finger on 2^nd string 3^rd fret to play D sus2 Chord on Guitar. This is the standard way of placing your finger.

D sus2 chord could be played in 5 different variations here we are also going to learn 2 useful variation of D sus2 Chord on Guitar.

D sus2 Chord or D suspended 2 Chord Representation-1

To play D sus2 chord Guitar variation correctly you need not to strum on string 5 and 6 or you can also strum both the strings very lightly.

7.     How to play Dsus2 Chord Guitar Variation 2:

Let’s look at the second variation of D sus2 Chord.

D sus2 Chord or D suspended 2 Chord Representation-2

To play this variation of D sus2 chord Guitar variation put barre from your index finger on 1^st fret so that it reaches 5^th string and mute 6^th string, place your middle finger on 4^th string 3^rd fret and ring finger on 3^rd string 3^rd fret.

To play D sus2 chord Guitar variation correctly you need not to strum on 6^th string.

8.     How to play Dsus4 Chord Guitar Variation 1:

To play D sus4 chord Guitar variation place your index finger on 3^rd string 2^nd fret, middle finger on 2^nd string 3^rd fret and place ring finger on 1^st string 3^rd fret.

Dsus4 Chord or D suspended 4 Chord Representation-1

To play D sus4 chord Guitar variation correctly don’t strum on string 5 and 6 or you can also strum these string very lightly to nullify there open string sound.

D sus4 Chord has 4 different variations to play on Guitar. In this post we will learn 2 most useful D  sus4 Chord variations.

Let’s walk through the second D sus4 chord Guitar variation pattern.

9.     How to play Dsus4 Chord Guitar Variation 2:

To play D sus4 chord Guitar second variation put barre from your index finger on 5^th fret so that it reaches 5^th string and mute 6^th string, Place your middle finger on 4^th string 7^th fret , ring finger on 3^rd string 7^th fret and place your smaller finger on 2^nd string 8^th fret.

Dsus4 Chord or D suspended 4 Chord Representation-2

To correctly play D sus4 chord Guitar variation you need not to play string 6 while strumming on Guitar. Or else try play it very lightly.

10.                          How to play D7sus4 Chord Guitar Variation:

D7 sus4 Chord consists of characteristics of both D7 chord and D sus4 chord.

D7sus4 Chord or D suspended Chord Representation

Place your index finger on 2^nd string 1^st fret, middle finger on 3^rd string 2^nd fret and your smaller finger on 1^st string 3^rd fret to play D7 sus4 chord on Guitar.

To correctly play D7 sus4 chord Guitar variation you need to make sure that you don’t need to play string 5 and 6 however string 4 should be played as Open string.

D Power Chord on Guitar:

Power Guitar Chords are always starts from the root Note, if it is D Power Chord or D5 Chord then it has to starts from the D Guitar Note. We are going to discuss 2 different formations of D Power Guitar chords here. We will learn D Power chord formation on 6^th string and formation on 5^th string.

However Power chords could also be identified on 4^th and 3^rd strings.

Power Chords are majorly played on Electric guitar but these are also sounds cool in Acoustic Guitars. We just need to make sure that other strings are muted when playing any Power Chord including D 5 Chord. Also there is no need to include middle finger and the best part is you just need to keep the pattern intact and move it throughout the finger board to change the Guitar Chords. So we can say that Power Chords are very simple to play.

11.                          How to play D5 Chord or D Power Chord Guitar Variation:

Let’s start discussing D5 Chord or D Power chord Guitar formation on 6^th string first.

D5 Chord or D Power Chord Representation-1

Place your index finger on 6^th string 10^th fret, ring finger on 5^th string 12^th fret, place smaller finger on 4^th string 12^th fret to play D Power Chord or D 5 Chord Guitar variation.

To correctly play D5 chord or D power chord Guitar variation you need to mute first 3 treble strings with your Index finger. And once you grab the correct position check by plucking all strings one by one to confirm that only first 3 strings are muted and strings 4, 5 and 6 should sound clean and clear.

  

12.                          How to play D5 Chord or D Power Chord Guitar Variation-2:

Place your Index finger on 5^th string 5^th fret, ring finger on 4^th string 7^th fret and place your smaller finger on 3^rd string 7^th fret to play D5 chord or D Power Chord on Guitar.

D5 Chord or D Power Chord Representation-2

To correctly play D5 chord or D power chord Guitar variation you need to make sure that string 6, 1 and 2 should be muted when played.

Suggestions:

So far you have learnt D major chord, D7 Chord, Dm Chord, Dm7 Chord, Dmaj7 Chord, D Sus2 Chord variation 1, D Sus2 Chord variation 2, D Sus4 Chord variation 1, D Sus4 Chord variation 2, D7 Sus4 Chord and D5 Chord or D Power Chord Variation 1 and D 5 Chord Variation 2 on Guitar.

Try to follow below given Procedure while playing these D Guitar Chords,

1.       Look at the D Chord variation pattern explained in the post and grab the Position.

2.       Pluck all string one by one and check if all string sounds clean and clear.

3.       Strum 4 to 5 times and release your fingers from the fretboard and keep strumming.

4.       Again try to grab the same D chord position.

Releasing and grab the D chord position will help you to pick the D chord quickly with time and keep strumming will give you a glimpse of chord progression.

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