In this video we’re talking about the open D major chord or D chord as most people call it. As a reminder it’s a major chord so it’s going to sound happy. And just to hear the minor chord so we have a comparison, it’s kind of somber sounding. So this is a happy D open chord. And let’s look at the fingering here. So the first thing that we recommend you do is to start with your pointer finger and put it on the third string second fret. For most folks the easier thing to do next is to take the second finger and put it on the first string second fret because they’re on the same fret. And then with the third finger you’re going to place that on the second string third fret so it forms a triangle. Now the fourth string is open, you’ll see in the diagram that it has a zero above it, but the sixth string and the fifth string we’re not going to strum those, so those have X’s above them. And so you have to be a little careful with your pick or your fingers, and just strum the bottom four strings of the guitar. For a lot of people in the beginning some of the notes won’t ring clearly, specifically it’s difficult to get the bottom string to ring because this third finger will often kind of roll back and mute the string underneath it. So the trick there is to sort of bring your hand forward a little bit and get high on the fingertips and it takes some practice to find that place, but that’s how you’re going to get the chord to ring fully. So that’s D major or D. And there are other types of D’s, there’s barre chords, other types of barre chords or power chords. We’ll cover those in better detail in other videos.