# Dmaj7, the D major 7 guitar chord

Dmaj7 sounds soft, warm, and a little wistful. One finger lies flat across three strings at the 2nd fret, which makes it a friendly introduction to barring. The barre tends to buckle and kill the high E, so press with the flat pad of the finger and strum only the top four strings.

Dmaj7

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the G string (3rd), B string (2nd) and high E string (1st), 2nd fret.
- Let the open D string (4th) ring.
- Don't strum the low E string (6th) and A string (5th). They stay silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding Dmaj7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Dmaj7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Open Major 7ths set:

- [Dmaj7 ↔ Amaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-major-7/) D major 7 to A major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.maj7.A~D.maj7.D)
- [Dmaj7 ↔ Gmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-major-7/) D major 7 to G major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D.maj7.D~G.maj7.G)
- [Dmaj7 ↔ Cmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-major-7/) D major 7 to C major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.maj7.C~D.maj7.D)

## Same root, different color

- [D](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-major/), D major
- [Dm](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-minor/), D minor
- [D7](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-7/), D dominant 7
- [Dm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-minor-7/), D minor 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill Dmaj7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.maj7.A~D.maj7.D)