Suspended & power
D power chord chord
Just the root and 5th — punchy and neutral, a rock guitar staple.
- Notes
- DA
- Formula
- 15
- Built from
- root · perfect 5th
How to play D5
About the D power chord chord
Playing it
On guitar, D5 is one of the friendlier shapes: xx023x needs just two fingers and lets the open strings ring. Don’t strum the low E, A and high E strings.
On piano, D5 sits entirely on white keys.
On ukulele the usual D5 shape is 2255, using four fingers.
