D

D1F♯3A5

A major third and a perfect fifth over the root.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

xx0232

open

Fig. 3

x50232

hard

Fig. 4

x5423x

hard

Fig. 5

x5777x

hard

Fig. 6

accbaa

hard · barre

What is true of it

D is D, F♯ and A — 1, 3 and 5 counted from D.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is xx0232: 3 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

2 strings stay silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are D, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

D/F♯

2002xx

second inversion

D/A

x00232

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

D in other shapes

Dmminor Ddimdiminished Daugaugmented D5power chord Dsus2suspended second Dsus4suspended fourth

C C♯D♭D♯E♭E F F♯all 374