D Major Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open G 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: Open G Guitar (D G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

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

CAGED - A Shape

d|--7---9-----|
B|--6---7---9-|
G|--4---5---7-|
D|--4---6---7-|
G|--5---7---8-|
D|--7---9-----|

CAGED - G Shape

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

CAGED - E Shape

d|-12--14-----|
B|-11--12--14-|
G|--9--11--12-|
D|--9--11--12-|
G|-10--12-----|
D|-11--12--14-|

CAGED - D Shape

d|-14--16--17-|
B|-14--16-----|
G|-11--12--14-|
D|-11--12--14-|
G|-12--14--15-|
D|-14--16--17-|

3NPS - First Position

d|-12--14--16-|
B|-12--14--16-|
G|-11--12--14-|
D|-11--12--14-|
G|-12--14--15-|
D|-14--16--17-|

Chords

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

Arpeggios

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

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|0-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------7---------------------------|----------------------------4---5-------------------------------|
B|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|------------------------3-----------5---3-----------------------|
G|--------------------2---6-----------------------6---2-----------|0---------------0---4-----------------------4---0---------------|
D|4-----------2---4---------------------------------------4-------|0-------0---4---------------------------------------2---0-------|
G|2-------6---------------------------------------------------7---|4---4-------------------------------------------------------4---|
D|4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------5---7-------------------------------|----------------------------7---9---5---------------------------|
B|------------------------5-----------7---5-----------------------|--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|
G|2---------------2---6-----------------------6---2---------------|4-----------2---4-------------------------------4---------------|
D|2-------2---5---------------------------------------4---2-------|0-------4-------------------------------------------5---4-------|
G|6---6-------------------------------------------------------6---|4---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|
D|7---------------------------------------------------------------|16--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|11--------------11--14--11------------------11--------------11--|
B|8-------8---12--------------10--8-----------8-------8---12------|
G|9---9-------------------------------9-------9---9---------------|
D|11--------------------------------------11--11------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

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

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|----------------0-------2-------4---2-------0-------------------|
G|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|
D|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
D|----------------2-------4-------5---4-------2-------------------|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
G|--------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|
D|7---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------8-------10------12--10------8-------------------|
G|--------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|11--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`4 2 4 2 2 4`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 11 11 11 10 11`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 11 11 11 10 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 0 0`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 0`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x x x 0 0 0`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 2 2 2 2 2`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2 2`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2 x`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x x x 2 2 2`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 4`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 x`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`9 7 9 7 7 9`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`9 11 0 11 0 0`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x x 11 9 8 11`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`0 2 0 2 3 4`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`7 7 7 7 7 7`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 7`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 x`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 2`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`2 0 2 4 0 2`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 5`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 9 9 9 8 9`

Arpeggios

Chords: Dmaj7 – Em7 – F#m7 – Gmaj7 – A7 – Bm7 – C#m7b5

d|------------------------------------7---------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|
G|--------------------2---6-----------------------6---2-----------|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|4-----------2---4---------------------------------------4-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|2-------6---------------------------------------------------7---|0-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|
D|4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------7---------------------------|----------------------------7---9---5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|
G|--------------------2---6-----------------------6---2-----------|4-----------2---4-------------------------------4---------------|
D|4-----------2---4---------------------------------------4-------|0-------4-------------------------------------------5---4-------|
G|2-------6---------------------------------------------------7---|4---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|
D|4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|16--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|11--------------11--14--11------------------11--------------11--|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|8-------8---12--------------10--8-----------8-------8---12------|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|
G|9---9-------------------------------9-------9---9---------------|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|11--------------------------------------11--11------------------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|0-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Dmaj7 – Em7 – F#m7 – Gmaj7 – A7 – Bm7 – C#m7b5

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
D|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
G|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|
D|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------8-------10------12--10------8-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Arpeggios

Chords: Dmaj9 – Em9 – F#m7b9 – Gmaj9 – Bm9 – C#m7b5b9

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------7---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---2-------------------|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|--------------------2---6-----------------------6---2-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|4-----------2---4---------------------------------------4-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------6---|2-------6---------------------------------------------------7---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------7---------------------------|----------------------------4---5-------------------------------|
B|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|------------------------3-----------5---3-----------------------|
G|--------------------2---6-----------------------6---2-----------|0---------------0---4-----------------------4---0---------------|
D|4-----------2---4---------------------------------------4-------|0-------0---4---------------------------------------2---0-------|
G|2-------6---------------------------------------------------7---|4---4-------------------------------------------------------4---|
D|4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------7---9---5---------------------------|----------------------------9---11------------------------------|
B|--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|------------------------8-----------10--8-----------------------|
G|4-----------2---4-------------------------------4---------------|6---------------6---9-----------------------9---6---------------|
D|0-------4-------------------------------------------5---4-------|5-------5---9---------------------------------------7---5-------|
G|4---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|9---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|
D|16--------------------------------------------------------------|11--------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Dmaj9 – Em9 – F#m7b9 – Gmaj9 – Bm9 – C#m7b5b9

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|----------------0-------2-------4---2-------0-------------------|
G|----------------6-------7-----------7-------6-------------------|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|
D|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|----------------5-------7-------9---7-------5-------------------|
G|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|--------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|11--------------------------------------------------------------|

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