In this article we'll take you through what you need to know to learn the D Major Chord Progression.
As with other major chord progressions, there are 7 chords. 3 major chords, 3 minor chords, and a diminshed seventh chord.
The D Major scale has 7 notes, and each note has a corresponding chord in the progression.
After the seventh note the scale repeats in a different octave.
To know what notes we need for the scale, we use a format specific to the Major scale.
In the format we use a combination of whole steps and half steps from the root note (which is D for this progression).
It looks like this:
- Whole step.
- Whole step.
- Half step.
- Whole step.
- Whole step.
- Whole step.
- Half step.
So if you start at A in the musical alphabet, you would get this.
- D - Whole step to E.
- E - Whole step to F#.
- F# - Half step to G.
- G - Whole step to A.
- A - Whole step to B.
- B - Whole step C#.
- C# - Half to D.
The pattern should always land back on the root note, which as was said earlier will then repeat the pattern in a different octave.
For a Major Chord Progression we use the following format to find out which chord should be a major chord, minor chord, or diminished chord.
The numbers on the top indicate the chord, or note, that is going to be a major, minor, or diminished.
