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D# Chord

The D# is a major chord that sounds bright, happy, and resolved. Major chords are the backbone of countless songs. Their bright, stable sound makes them perfect for strumming, picking, and rhythm playing across every genre.

Notes:D#Root (1)GMajor 3rd (3)A#Perfect 5th (5)

Open Position

D#11fr134211

Chord Diagrams

Position, Fret 11

Uses a barre chord technique

D#11fr134211

Barre Shape, Fret 6

Uses a barre chord technique

D#6fr✕13331

How to Play D#

Follow these steps for the open position fingering:

Barre technique: Press your index finger flat across all strings at fret 11 to form the barre, then add the remaining fingers on top.
#StringInstructionNote
1Low E (6th string)●Fret 11 with your index fingerD#
2A (5th string)●Fret 13 with your ring fingerG
3D (4th string)●Fret 13 with your pinky fingerA#
4G (3rd string)●Fret 12 with your middle fingerD#
5B (2nd string)●Fret 11 with your index fingerG
6High E (1st string)●Fret 11 with your index fingerA#

○ = Open string (no fingers needed)

✕ = Muted string (don't play)

● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret

Notes in D#

The D# chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:

D#
Root (1)
The root, gives the chord its name
G
Major 3rd (3)
The major third, creates the bright sound
A#
Perfect 5th (5)
The fifth, adds power and stability

Songs Using D#

These songs from our play-along library feature the D# chord:

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

Great Expectation

SIENNA SPIRO

intermediate

One Name

Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu

intermediate

Where's My Phone?

Mitski

intermediate

Tum Hi Ho

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Straight Up

Karan Aujla & MXRCI

intermediate

Viva La Vida

Coldplay

beginner

Antidote

Karan Aujla

advanced

Eye Of The Tiger

Survivor

intermediate

Been By Now

Morgan Wallen

beginner

Better Together

Jack Johnson

intermediate

My Old Ways

Tame Impala

intermediate

Putaapu Gang

Anirudh Ravichander, Thamizh Aadhavan

intermediate

Take A Sexy Picture Of Me

CMAT

beginner

Bindaas

Deepthi Suresh, Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu

intermediate

Head & Heart

Joel Corry feat. MNEK

beginner

More Than a Feeling

Boston

intermediate

RUMI & JINU

Unknown

intermediate

Breakin' Dishes

Rihanna

beginner

Quebec

Drake

intermediate

Riha

Anuv Jain

beginner

How It’s Done

HUNTR/X

intermediate

*NSYNC

7clouds

intermediate

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

Steam

advanced

Welcome To The Jungle

Guns N' Roses

advanced

My Body Isn't Ready

sombr

advanced

Paint It, Black

The Rolling Stones

advanced

Creep

Radiohead

intermediate

Softly

Karan Aujla, Ikky

beginner

KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV

HYBE LABELS

advanced

Dream On

Aerosmith

intermediate

someday i'll get it

Alek Olsen

intermediate

Gehra Hua

Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan

intermediate

IYKYK

Jxggi, Dishant & Sickboi

intermediate

Touch

KATSEYE

intermediate

Northern Attitude

Noah Kahan, Hozier

beginner

Last Thing You Need

Morgan Wallen

beginner

I Really Do...

Karan Aujla & Ikky

intermediate

Landslide

Fleetwood Mac

beginner

People

Libianca

beginner

Afraid To Feel

LF System

intermediate

Sooraj Dooba Hai

Arijit Singh

advanced

A Couple Minutes

Olivia Dean

intermediate

Magic Man

Heart

intermediate

Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma

Luke Combs

beginner

Made You Look

Meghan Trainor

intermediate

Best I Ever Had

Drake

intermediate

Darin feat. Eloise - Falling In love (Music Video)

Unknown

intermediate

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

beginner

Poison

Alice Cooper

advanced

Zaroorat

Mustafa Zahid

intermediate

Hooked On a Feeling

Blue Swede

intermediate

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Mariah Carey

advanced

Too Sweet

Hozier

intermediate

Night Moves

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

beginner

Rock That Body

Black Eyed Peas

advanced

March Madness

Future

intermediate

Frozen

Lil Baby

beginner

I Was Made For Lovin' You

Kiss

advanced

Black Betty

Ram Jam

advanced

Beautiful Things

Benson Boone

beginner

Madwoman

Laufey

advanced

Die On This Hill

SIENNA SPIRO

advanced

You Will Never Know it

Carpetman

intermediate

Bulleya

Amit Mishra

advanced

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

intermediate

Eloise

Unknown

intermediate

Sajni

Jal The Band

intermediate

Patience

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

Main Hoon Hero Tera

Armaan Malik

intermediate

Mr. Brightside

The Killers

intermediate

Until I Found You

Stephen Sanchez

intermediate

Woh Ladki Jo

Unknown

advanced

Risk It All

Bruno Mars

advanced

back to friends

sombr

intermediate

Xanadu

Rush

advanced

Like a Stone

Audioslave

intermediate

So Good

Jhené Aiko feat. Kendrick Lamar

intermediate

Fast Car

Luke Combs

beginner

Can't Get Enough

Bad Company

beginner

Homewrecker

sombr

intermediate

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

beginner

Welcome to the Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

advanced

I'm The Problem

Morgan Wallen

beginner

The Stroke

Billy Squier

intermediate

Over My Head (Cable Car)

The Fray

intermediate

Hell Yeah

Rev Theory

intermediate

Old Phone

Ed Sheeran

beginner

Green Green Grass

George Ezra

intermediate

Before You Go

Lewis Capaldi

beginner

Sweet Melody

Little Mix

advanced

At Peace

Karan Aujla & Ikky

advanced

Shayad

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Azizam

Ed Sheeran

intermediate

Laal Ishq

Arijit Singh

advanced

Me And My Broken Heart

push baby

beginner

"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video

Unknown

intermediate

i like the way you kiss me

Artemas

intermediate

Livin' On A Prayer

Bon Jovi

advanced

Remember

Becky Hill

beginner

All Along the Watchtower

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

beginner

WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

RAYE

intermediate

Bon Jovi

Unknown

intermediate

Pink Pony Club

Chappell Roan

intermediate

I Bet on Losing Dogs

Mitski

advanced

Good Times by Finger Eleven

RockofVengeance

intermediate

The Door

Teddy Swims

intermediate

Where the Wild Things Are

Luke Combs

beginner

I Love You, I'm Sorry

Gracie Abrams

beginner

Layla

Derek & The Dominos

advanced

Demons

Imagine Dragons

advanced

Choosin' Texas

Ella Langley

beginner

Slow It Down

Benson Boone

beginner

Kabira

Unknown

beginner

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Green Day

intermediate

JUMP

BLACKPINK

intermediate

Symphony

Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson

beginner

Burning Pile

Mother Mother

advanced

DAISIES

Justin Bieber

beginner

Rockstar

LISA

beginner

Sapphire

Ed Sheeran

beginner

Taste

Sabrina Carpenter

beginner

Little Sister

Queens of the Stone Age

intermediate

Khairiyat

Arijit Singh

advanced

Pumped Up Kicks

Foster the People

beginner

Alexia

Unknown

beginner

Sprinter

Central Cee & Dave

intermediate

Show Me Love

WizTheMc & bees & honey

intermediate

Lush Life

Zara Larsson

intermediate

FEVER DREAM

Alex Warren

intermediate

I Run

HAVEN

beginner

Riri

NINEVICIOUS

beginner

What It Sounds Like

HUNTR/X

intermediate

O Mere Dil Ke Chain

Kishore Kumar

advanced

Pain

Jimmy Eat World

intermediate

Eternity

Alex Warren

intermediate

Roxanne

The Police

advanced

Tere Sang Yaara

Atif Aslam

intermediate

Hawa Banke

Darshan Raval

intermediate

Pretty Ugly

Zara Larsson

intermediate

Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Pritam

intermediate

About Damn Time

Lizzo

advanced

In The End

Linkin Park

intermediate

Footloose

Kenny Loggins

advanced

Blinding Lights

The Weeknd

intermediate

Calling After Me

Wallows

intermediate

party 4 u

Charli xcx

advanced

How You Remind Me

Nickelback

beginner

Enna Sona

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Raindance

Dave & Tems

intermediate

Teri Mitti

B Praak

beginner

Tenerife Sea

Ed Sheeran

beginner

Kal Ho Na Ho

Sonu Nigam

advanced

Kill Bill

SZA

intermediate

Phir Le Aaya Dil

Arijit Singh

beginner

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

advanced

Blackbird

The Beatles

advanced

Stateside

PinkPantheress

intermediate

Heartbreak Anthem

Galantis

intermediate

drop dead

Olivia Rodrigo

beginner

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Tom Petty

advanced

Fooled Around and Fell in Love

Elvin Bishop

intermediate

Heartbreaker

Pat Benatar

intermediate

Ashke

Karan Aujla, MXRCI

intermediate

One Sun One Moon

Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu, Heisenberg

intermediate

Preet Re

Unknown

beginner

Raataan Lambiyan

Jubin Nautiyal

intermediate

One Wild Night

Bon Jovi

intermediate

GBP

Central Cee & 21 Savage

advanced

ღ Black Velvet ~ Alannah Myles ღ

Nikoletta Triantopoulou

intermediate

Nonsense

Sabrina Carpenter

intermediate

Bad Angel

Anyma, LISA

intermediate

Favorite

Isabel LaRosa

intermediate

Abracadabra

Lady Gaga

intermediate

Baby Blue

Cody Simpson

beginner

APT.

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars

intermediate

A Night To Remember

beabadoobee, Laufey

advanced

you and forever

Bleachers

intermediate

No One Knows

Queens of the Stone Age

intermediate

Runnin' with the Devil

Van Halen

intermediate

The Subway

Chappell Roan

beginner

So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Olivia Dean

advanced

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