Standard
D quartal chord, three notes · also D7sus4 (no 5th) · Open position
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
D–G–C guitar chord
What it is
Root
Notes
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Chords3
Standard
D quartal chord, four notes · also Dm7(add11), no 5th · Open position
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
Standard
A quartal chord, four notes · also Am7(add11), no 5th · Open position
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
Famous chords4
Standard
Em7(add11) · Miles Davis and Bill Evans
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How to play D–G–C on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the B string at the 1st fret. Let the D and G strings ring open. Don’t play the low E, A and high E strings.
From the low E string x x 0 0 1 x (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in D–G–C?
D–G–C, D quartal chord, three notes, is D, G and C: the root (D), the perfect fourth (G) and the minor seventh (C). Its formula is 1 4 ♭7.
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Quartal chord, three notes chords in every key
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