D5 chord on 5-String Banjo – Guitar (gDGBE)

in Guitar (gDGBE) tuning

○✕✕12ADA
D5
Power Chord
Notes:D · A
easyfret 2
Piano Left hand Right hand
DDDA
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
2 0 2 x x1 – 2 – –A D A x xeasy
2 x x 3 x1 – – 2 –A x x D xeasy
x x x 3 5– – – 1 2x x x D Amedium
7 0 7 x 52 – 3 – 1D D D x Ahard
7 0 7 10 101 – 2 3 4D D D A Dmedium
x 0 x 10 10– – – 1 2x D x A Deasy
2 0 2 3 x1 – 2 3 –A D A D xeasy
x x 2 3 x– – 1 2 –x x A D xeasy
x x 7 3 5– – 3 1 2x x D D Ahard
x 0 7 x 5– – 2 – 1x D D x Ahard
x 0 7 10 10– – 1 2 3x D D A Dmedium
x 0 x 10 x– – – 1 –x D x A xeasy
x 0 2 x x– – 1 – –x D A x xeasy
2 x x 3 51 – – 2 3A x x D Ahard
7 x 7 3 53 – 4 1 2D x D D Ahard
x x 7 x 5– – 2 – 1x x D x Ahard

The D5 chord (Power Chord) is built from the notes D, A. Below are playable fingerings for 5-String Banjo – Guitar (gDGBE) generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the D5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10D
57A

More D chords

Other roots

See D5 in another tuning

What notes make up the D5 chord?

D5 is a Power Chord chord built from the notes D, A.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.