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D major second dyad · Open position
Two notes: the first in its name is the lower
D–E guitar chord
What it is
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E minor seventh dyad · Fret 5
Two notes: the first in its name is the lower
Standard
E quartal chord, three notes · also E7sus4 (no 5th) · Open strings
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
Standard
E quartal chord, four notes · also Em7(add11), no 5th · Open strings
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
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How to play D–E on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the B string at the 3rd fret. Let the high E string ring open. Don’t play the low E, A, D and G strings.
From the low E string x x x x 3 0 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in D–E?
D–E, D major second dyad, is D and E: the root (D) and the major second (E). Its formula is 1 2.
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Major second dyad chords in every key
C–Dtwo notesC♯–D♯two notesE♭–Ftwo notesE–F♯two notesF–Gtwo notesF♯–G♯two notesG–Atwo notesA♭–B♭two notesA–Btwo notesB♭–Ctwo notesB–C♯two notes