Have You Met Miss Jones? in D

Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart(1937)swing
Do Re MiC D E
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Have You Met Miss Jones? 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 D to D# (ascending half step), D# to E (ascending half step), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to F# (descending minor third), F# to D (descending major third), D to B (descending minor third), B to E (ascending perfect fourth), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to D (ascending perfect fourth), D to G (ascending perfect fourth), G to F (descending whole step), F to A# (ascending perfect fourth), A# to D# (ascending perfect fourth), D# to C# (descending whole step), C# to F# (ascending perfect fourth), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to B (ascending unison), B to D (ascending minor third). 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 D to D by unison.

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.

swing2/2 · 26 bars · Form: AB

Chords: DMaj7, D♯dim, Em7, A7, F♯m7, D/A, Bm7, E7, Am7, D7, GMaj7, Fm7, A♯7, D♯Maj7, C♯m7, F♯7, BMaj7, B7, D6.

Scales for Improvisation D bebop, D bebop major.

Diatonic chords: See all chords in the key of D