How to Play a D Chord on the Acoustic Guitar

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Part of the video series: How to Play Acoustic Guitar

Summary: Your success at the acoustic guitar depends on a few strings and techniques that you should learn and master, including the D chord. Learn more about the acoustic guitar and how to play it in this free video series.

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By Tom Smith
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Tom Smith has been a singer & musician for 25 years. He has also worked as a part-time music teacher. Tom has toured with various music bands including look a like Beatles bands where...read more

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"Hi my name is Tom and this is for Expert Village.com and this segment we're going to talk about the D chord. This is the third chord we're talking about; we've talked about the G the baseline, C chord and now the D. The D you only need three fingers and I are going to tuck my first finger on this G string, which is the third from the bottom. Then I'm going to tuck the next finger my second finger here will go in on the highest string, the E string. Then this third finger here I'm going to tuck in the middle between these two and it's on the 1 2 3 third fret. Just those three fingers, and when I strum I'm not going to strum all the strings. I'm actually just going to strum the 1 2 3 4, four strings. That's what you should get for your D chord!"