D A D G A D
DADGAD guitar chords
Explore practical DADGAD chord shapes, from characteristic open-string sounds to movable voicings across the fretboard.
What makes DADGAD different?
DADGAD tunes the guitar to D A D G A D. The open strings form a D suspended sound, so familiar major and minor shapes change while open D and A strings can continue ringing as drones.
Browse DADGAD chords →Common DADGAD chord shapes
Start with Dsus4 and D5, then explore D major, D minor, Gsus2, Gadd9, Asus4, A7sus4, Cadd9, Em11, Bm, and extended voicings. Common practical shapes appear first, followed by inversions and voicings higher on the neck.
Identify your own DADGAD shapes
Open the reverse chord finder, select DADGAD, and enter the strings and frets you are holding. Chordright calculates the sounding notes and suggests a theoretically valid name that you can edit before saving.
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