Guitar chords · Power chord
D5 chord on guitar
D5 (D Just the root and the 5th, often with the root doubled: C5 is C and G. With no 3rd it is neither major nor minor, which keeps it clear under distortion.) has two notes: D and A, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. and 5.
Shapes
How to play D5
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
D5 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and two A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5 and the E shape at fret 10. A movable shape keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
A shape · fret 5
E shape · fret 10
Notes and formula
What makes D5 power chord
A Just the root and the 5th, often with the root doubled: C5 is C and G. With no 3rd it is neither major nor minor, which keeps it clear under distortion. is just the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. and the 5th, often with the root doubled an The distance of twelve half steps, where a note comes round to the same name. Twelve frets up a string is an octave. up. With no 3rd it is neither major nor minor, so it stays clear under heavy distortion: the backbone of rock and punk.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 5th makes D5 a Just the root and the 5th, often with the root doubled: C5 is C and G. With no 3rd it is neither major nor minor, which keeps it clear under distortion..
- DRroot
- A5essential
- D, the root
- Other chord tones
Keys
Keys with D5
D5 belongs to twelve keys: C major (ii5), G major (V5), D major (I5), A major (IV5), B♭ major (iii5), F major (vi5), A minor (iv5), E minor (VII5), B minor (III5), F♯ minor (VI5), G minor (v5) and D minor (i5).
- ii5C major
- V5G major
- I5D major
- IV5A major
- iii5B♭ major
- vi5F major
- iv5A minor
- VII5E minor
- III5B minor
- VI5F♯ minor
- v5G minor
- i5D minor
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
D5 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps D5 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- D5/A
D5 with its 5th, A, in the bass.
Same root
Other chords on D
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- D major
- Dm minor
- D7 dominant 7th
- Dmaj7 major 7th
- Dm7 minor 7th
- Dsus2 suspended 2nd
- Dsus4 suspended 4th
- D6 major 6th
- Dm6 minor 6th
- Dadd9 add 9
- D9 dominant 9th
- Dmaj9 major 9th
- Dm9 minor 9th
- D13 dominant 13th
- Dmaj13 major 13th
- Dm11 minor 11th
- D° diminished
- Dm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- D°7 diminished 7th
- D+ augmented
- D7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Dm(maj7) minor major 7th
- D6/9 six-nine
- Dm(add9) minor add 9
- D7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
D5, in short
- What notes are in the D5 chord?
- D5 (D Just the root and the 5th, often with the root doubled: C5 is C and G. With no 3rd it is neither major nor minor, which keeps it clear under distortion.) has two notes: D and A, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. and 5.
- How do you play D5 on guitar?
- D5 has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and two A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5 and the E shape at fret 10.
- What key is D5 in?
- D5 belongs to twelve keys: C major (ii5), G major (V5), D major (I5), A major (IV5), B♭ major (iii5), F major (vi5), A minor (iv5), E minor (VII5), B minor (III5), F♯ minor (VI5), G minor (v5) and D minor (i5).