Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

D7D Dominant 7th

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G♯tone
Btone
Dtone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1  ·  Notes E · G♯ · B · D

How to play it

D7 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

D Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (x x 0 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar chord — A-shape, 5th (x 5 7 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar chord — G-shape, 7th (10 9 7 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar chord — E-shape, 10th (10 12 10 11 10 10) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 12th (x x 12 14 13 14) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar chord — A-shape, 17th (x 17 19 17 19 17) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar chord — G-shape, 19th (22 21 19 19 19 20) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 4 5 x 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

D7 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

D Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (x x 0 2 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar tab — A-shape, 5th (x 5 7 5 7 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar tab — G-shape, 7th (10 9 7 7 7 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar tab — E-shape, 10th (10 12 10 11 10 10) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 12th (x x 12 14 13 14) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar tab — A-shape, 17th (x 17 19 17 19 17) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar tab — G-shape, 19th (22 21 19 19 19 20) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
D Dominant 7th guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 4 5 x 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How D7 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
bluesyconfidentunresolved
Genres
bluesjazzrock
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D
Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1
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