D7 Chord

 

Lesson Goals:

♦ Learn proper fingering for the D7 chord
♦ Play the chord clearly
♦ Visualize the chord pattern

The same concepts apply to the "D7" chord as other 7th chords that we discussed earlier.

The "D7" is formed by placing the 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string, the 1st finger on the 1st fret of the 2nd string, and the 3rd finger on the 2nd fret of the 1st string.

Now let's compare the D7 to it's parent, the D major chord.

As you can see the only difference is that the note on the 3rd fret of the 2nd string on the D major chord is now changed to the 1st fret of the same string to make the D7. As a result, the fingering for the two chords is very different as well.