Note D

D
open D string
5EADG

D: open D string

The fifth A (pearl dot with the 5): G string, 2nd fret – one string higher, two frets further. Root and fifth in turn: that’s the simplest bass line.

D all over the neck

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E string, 10th fret · A string, 5th fret · open D string · D string, 12th fret · G string, 7th fret

Other notes

D as the root note

Songs with D in the bass: What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor, Bunt sind schon die Wälder, Der Kuckuck und der Esel, Weißt du, wie viel Sternlein stehen, O Tannenbaum, Leise rieselt der Schnee, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, Molly Malone, Loch Lomond