Improve your stretch and coordination with this tricky Dmaj7 chord. For a challenge, try moving the shape down the neck to the wider fret spaces. Bunched up fingers Press down on three strings with ...

However, we're not hanging on it for too long. This tense interval either wants to resolve to a stronger chord tone (A, C# or E) on the A7, or it will become a clash on the following Dmaj7 chord.

This variation of a Dmaj7 chord can be heard in the track Sara. This chord takes the form of a D Minor chord, but you’re playing it on the 5th, 6th and 7th frets. The open D string is still the root, ...

Dmaj7 This chord shape works well in ballads such as Gravity and features the thumb over the top of the neck, fretting the root note. You may need to experiment with a more blues rock hand angle ...

In 20th-Century jazz (especially swing and bebop) and in the Tin Pan Alley days of American popular music, it wouldn’t be uncommon to find a DMaj7 (I) chord sliding into a GMaj7 (IV) via a ...