The D major is one of the most fantastic keys on the guitar. There are countless harmonical possibilities and beautiful extended chords available yet; I don’t see many people writing more in D major.

In this lesson, I am going to show you a fantastic chord progression played with beautiful chords. The goal for this tutorial is to combine these chords with a melody and a simple fingerpicking pattern.

As I rule of thumb, I like to balance a simple fingerstyle pattern with the “special” sounding chords you are about to learn. With this approach, I can keep the plucking hand simple while working on new chords. It’s easier to develop these types of chords when you don’t have to worry about the rhythmic hand.

We are going to break down each section so that you can learn these chords and, eventually, get inspired to write your ideas in the D major key.

Enjoy this lesson.