Hold: keeps ringing · push across: bend · glide along: slide · rock back and forth: vibrato
Play the root note four times in every bar – that’s the note the chord is named after. The gold dot on the neck shows where it is.
Bend ↑: you can bend the note with the arrow (F) up a little – push the string sideways across the fretboard with your fretting finger until it sounds a bit higher. That is the “blue note” between minor and major. The arrow only appears while the D chord is playing – that is where bending fits. The note Ab is a passing note: touch it briefly, then move on.
Level
Key
★ In D, the roots D and A are open strings – the easiest key. Other keys suit songs or playing along with others.
Tempo
Helpers
The 12-bar blues: 4 bars D, 2 bars G, 2 bars D, then A, G, D, A – and back to the start. The band plays a “shuffle”: long-short, long-short.