All Of You in D

Cole Porter(1954)swing
Do Re MiC D E
A
D6/F♯
F♯m7♭5/C

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All Of You in D

Key of D

D major is one of guitar's most resonant keys. The open D string acts as a droning root, and the open A string provides the fifth. This gives D-based strumming a wide, ringing quality that flatpicks and fingerpicks love. D is a beginner-level key on guitar because the open D and A strings provide a powerful bass foundation, and the open high E is the 2nd scale degree adding brightness. Beginners will find this key approachable since most chords use open voicings with minimal stretching.

Voice Leading

The bass line moves through G to D (descending perfect fourth), D to E (ascending whole step), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to A (ascending unison), A to D (ascending perfect fourth), D to F (ascending minor third), F to E (descending half step), E to C# (descending minor third), C# to F# (ascending perfect fourth), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to G (descending major third), G to A (ascending whole step), A to F# (descending minor third), F# to G (ascending half step), G to G# (ascending half step), G# to C# (ascending perfect fourth). A half-step bass movement creates a strong leading-tone pull that demands resolution. The root motion by larger intervals (fourths and fifths) gives each chord change a strong, decisive character. When the progression loops, the bass returns from C# to G by tritone.

Scales for Improvisation

D major pentatonic works because every note is either a chord tone or a safe passing tone — there are no avoid notes. For soloing, this means you can play freely without clashing. Over dominant seventh chords, D Mixolydian adds the flat seventh for an authentic blues-rock edge.

swing4/4 · 33 bars · Form: A

Chords: Gm6, D, Em7♭5, A7♭9, A7, D6/F♯, Fdim, Em7, C♯7, F♯m7♭5/C, B7, Gm7, A7♭5, F♯m7, G, G♯m7♭5, C♯7♭9.

Scales for Improvisation D bebop, D bebop major.

Diatonic chords: See all chords in the key of D