D5

D5 is D and A, a power chord. The shape this page opens on is written x57xxx, lowest string first.

Also written D(no 3rd) or D power chord. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 2 common shapes for D5 on the guitar, and 26 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of D5 belongs to C major (the ii), D major (the I), D minor (the i), E minor (the ♭VII), F major (the vi), F# minor (the ♭VI), G major (the V), G minor (the v), A major (the IV), A minor (the iv), Bb major (the iii) and B minor (the ♭III).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x57xxx, 10-12-12-x-x-x.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. D5 has xx023x, x002xx, x0023x, x577xx, 557xxx, 5577xx, x007xx, 10-12-12-x-x-x.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.