Hey there, in this video you're gonna learn how to play the D7 chord the most
common version. But more importantly I'm going to show you a system for learning
to play this chord as quickly as possible so you can play your favorite
songs.
Hi there, I'm Tomas Michaud from Real Guitar Success where I help you learn
guitar and more importantly to love the journey without other way let's go ahead
and get into the lesson. To form the D7, we're gonna put our second finger on the
third string second fret, third finger on the first string second fret and then
the first finger between them on the second string first fret . Sounds like
this -- I'm also playing the open D string
that's the fourth string. So again I'm putting my third finger
second fret second finger second fret and in between on the second string
first fret my first finger and then I'm also hitting an open D.
A good way to practice this is just finger the chord. You can start with any
finger you want and then take your fingers off put them back on. Do that
about 10 times. Press down and really try to get close to the frets without
getting on top of them. Then after you do that, start playing the chord and letting
it ring just about 10 seconds to see if you can move your fingers around and get
it sound better. Take your fingers off and do it again, ops - there we go, that's sounding pretty
clear. So then after you've done that for a little while you should have some
dents in your fingers. You want to practice moving to other chords. A good
chord to work with this chord is the G chord because they're together in the
chord family as a matter of fact the three popular chords that work together
are G C and D7. So I'd suggest an exercise where you play the G chord maybe
start with four strums each, C chord four strums then the D7 four strums
and G.
That way you're practicing the movement from one chord to another. One tip: try to
work towards getting your fingers down all at the same time and you'll do that
little by little it's not something you can do at first as opposed to just one
finger at a time. Eventually when you put your fingers at once it's much quicker
to change chords. Now when you can do the four strums per chord cut it down to two
faster changing
and then finally one strum per chord. So a good song to practice this chord change
would be This Land Is Your Land, it's in the key of G and it uses the G C and D7.
I'll do a very simple down strum just so you can focus on the chords. This land
is your land
This land is my land from California
to the New York island from the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and
me. You get the idea. Now you could always
add the strum to that later. I might do something like this. This land is your land. This land is my land.
and that's not the only strum. You could actually try a few different strums and
see which one you like best but focus on getting the chord change at first and
learning that D7 so it becomes natural. I hope you've enjoyed this lesson. If you
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