D/C Guitar Chord

How to play D/C: a major built on D, played over C in the bass, with 1 voicing, the notes, and the intervals.

Chord Diagram

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A common voicing

The first diagram is a common voicing: played at the first few frets. An X above a string means don't play it; an O means play it open.

Theory note: D/C contains the same notes as D7, since C is the flat seventh of D. It is written as D/C when the bass note is the point, usually a bass line walking down step by step.

More Voicings of D/C

The same chord in other positions on the neck: movable shapes transposed to D. Open any of them in the Diagram Maker below to adjust the fingering.

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Fret 10

Notes & Intervals in D/C

NoteDF#AC
IntervalR35b7

D/C is a major with D as its root, played over C in the bass.

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