D Major Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Drop D Tuning)

The D Major scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: D E F# G A B C#

Tuning: Drop D Guitar (D A D G B E)

Scales

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

E|--4---5---7-|
B|--2---4---5-|
G|--2---4---5-|
D|--2---4-----|
A|--2---3---5-|
D|--2---3---5-|

CAGED - A Shape

E|--7---9-----|
B|--4---5---7-|
G|--4---5---7-|
D|--4---6---7-|
A|--5---7---8-|
D|--5---7-----|

CAGED - G Shape

E|--9--11--12-|
B|--7---9--10-|
G|--7---9-----|
D|--6---7---9-|
A|--7---8--10-|
D|--7---9--10-|

CAGED - E Shape

E|-12--14-----|
B|--9--10--12-|
G|--9--11--12-|
D|--9--11--12-|
A|-10--12-----|
D|--9--10--12-|

CAGED - D Shape

E|-14--16--17-|
B|-12--14-----|
G|-11--12--14-|
D|-11--12--14-|
A|-12--14--15-|
D|-12--14--15-|

3NPS - First Position

E|-12--14--16-|
B|-10--12--14-|
G|-11--12--14-|
D|-11--12--14-|
A|-12--14--15-|
D|-12--14--15-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	D	D F# A	`x x 0 2 3 2`
I	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 3 2`
I	D	D F# A	`0 0 0 2 3 2`
I	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 3 x`
II	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 0`
II	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 3`
II	Em	E G B	`2 2 2 0 0 0`
II	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 2`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 5`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`4 4 4 2 2 2`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 x`
IV	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 3`
IV	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 x`
IV	G	G B D	`5 5 5 4 3 3`
IV	G	G B D	`5 5 5 4 3 x`
V	A	A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 0`
V	A	A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 x`
V	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
V	A	A C# E	`x x 7 6 5 5`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 4 3 2`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 4 3 x`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x x x 4 3 2`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x x 9 7 7 7`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x 4 5 6 5 x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 11 9 8 9`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 5 6 5 x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x 10 11 9 x x`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x x 0 2 2 2`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 4 2 2 2`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 7 6 7 5`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 4 2 2 5`
II	Em7	E G B D	`2 2 0 0 0 0`
II	Em7	E G B D	`2 2 0 0 0 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x x 2 0 3 0`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`4 4 2 2 2 2`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`4 4 2 2 2 x`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x x 4 2 5 2`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x x 4 2 5 x`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x x 0 0 2`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x 5 4 3 2`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x 5 7 7 7`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 10 9 7 7 7`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 2 2 3`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 0`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 x`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x x 7 6 8 5`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 2`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 0 x`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 x`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 0 2`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 5 4 5 x`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 2 4 2 x`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 2 4 x x`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 5 4 2 x`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x x 0 2 2 0`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 5 2 2 2 x`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 5 4 6 5 x`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x x 12 9 10 9`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x x 5 4 3 2`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x x x 4 3 2`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x x 4 4 3 x`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x x 5 7 7 7`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x x 4 2 5 3`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x x 4 6 5 3`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x 0 2 2 2 3`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 0`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 5 2 3 2`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 5 7 7 5`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 10 7 7 7 x`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 10 9 11 10 x`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`x 12 11 12 12 9`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`x 12 11 12 12 12`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x 0 2 2 2`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x x 2 2 2`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 x`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 4 2 x x`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 11 9 12 10`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 0 0 0 0`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 0 0 0 x`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 2 0 0 x x`

Triads

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 x x`
I	D	D F# A	`x x x 7 7 5`
I	D	D F# A	`x x 12 11 10 x`
I	D	D F# A	`x x 4 2 3 x`
II	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
II	Em	E G B	`x x x 9 8 7`
II	Em	E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
II	Em	E G B	`x 2 2 0 x x`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 x`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x x x 11 10 9`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x x x 2 2 2`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x 4 4 2 x x`
IV	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 x`
IV	G	G B D	`x 10 9 7 x x`
IV	G	G B D	`x x x 12 12 10`
IV	G	G B D	`x x 0 0 0 x`
V	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
V	A	A C# E	`x x 7 6 5 x`
V	A	A C# E	`x 12 11 9 x x`
V	A	A C# E	`x x 2 2 2 x`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x x x 4 3 2`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x x 9 7 7 x`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x x 4 4 3 x`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`x x x 7 7 7`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 5 6 5 x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x 10 11 9 x x`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x x x 7 7 9`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x x x 2 2 2`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 x`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 4 4 2 x x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x 7 5 7 x x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x x 0 0 0 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 0 0 x x`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x x 4 2 5 x`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 9 7 9 x x`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x x 2 2 2 x`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x x 0 0 2`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x x 4 3 2`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x 4 4 3 x`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x x 7 7 7`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x x 5 6 5 x`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x 10 11 9 x x`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 x x`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x x 9 7 10 x`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 5 4 2 x x`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x x 4 2 3 x`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 2 4 x x`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 5 4 x x`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x x 11 9 12 x`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x x 2 2 2 x`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 4 2 2 x x`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x x 7 6 5 x`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x x x 4 3 2`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x x 4 4 3 x`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x x x 7 7 7`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x x 9 7 7 x`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x x 5 6 5 x`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x 10 11 9 x x`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 x x`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 4 2 3 x`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 5 4 2 x x`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x x 7 7 5`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`x 2 2 0 x x`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`x 4 2 4 x x`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x x 2 2 2`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 x`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 4 2 x x`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x x 11 10 9`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 0 0 0 x`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 2 0 0 x x`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 5 4 3 x`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 2 0 3 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: D – Em – F#m – G – A – Bm – C#dim

E|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
B|3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---|0-----------5---0-----------5---0-----------5---0-----------5---|
G|2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------|0---0---4-------0---0---4-------0---0---4-------0---0---4-------|
D|0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---|
B|2-----------7---2-----------7---2-----------7---2-----------7---|3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
G|2---2---6-------2---2---6-------2---2---6-------2---2---6-------|4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------|
D|4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|5---------------5---------------5---------------5---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|
B|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|
G|2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---|4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---|
D|2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------|4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------|
A|0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------|2---5-----------2---5-----------2---5-----------2---5-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|5---------------5---------------5---------------5---------------|
G|6-----------6---6-----------6---6-----------6---6-----------6---|
D|5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------|
A|4---7-----------4---7-----------4---7-----------4---7-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Three Note Runs

Chords: D – Em – F#m – G – A – Bm – C#dim

E|2---------------------------------------------------------------|0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|3-------------------------------------------------------2-------|0-------------------------------------------2-------2---3---2---|
G|2-------------------0-------0---2---0---2---4---2---4-------4---|0-------0-------0---2---0---2---4---2---4-------4---------------|
D|0---2---4---2---4-------4---------------------------------------|2---4-------4---------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|2---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|2-------------------------------------------3-------3---5---3---|3-------------------------------3-------3---5---3---5---7---5---|
G|2-------2-------2---4---2---4---6---4---6-------6---------------|4---2---4---2---4---6---4---6-------6---------------------------|
D|4---5-------5---------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|0---------------------------------------------------------------|2---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|2---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2-------------------------------------------------------0-------|4-------------------------------------------------------2-------|
D|2-------------------0-------0---2---0---2---4---2---4-------4---|4-------------------2-------2---4---2---4---5---4---5-------5---|
A|0---2---4---2---4-------4---------------------------------------|2---4---5---4---5-------5---------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|6-------------------------------------------------------4-------|
D|5-------------------4-------4---5---4---5---7---5---7-------7---|
A|4---5---7---5---7-------7---------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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