I'm Getting Sentimental Over You in D

George Bassman / Ned Washington(1932)swing
Do Re MiC D E
A
B
C
Baug7
A7/C♯
A7♭9♯5
A7♭9♯5

Chord Diagrams — I'm Getting Sentimental Over You in D (Guitar)

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I'm Getting Sentimental Over 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 D to C# (descending half step), C# to C (descending half step), C to B (descending half step), B to E (ascending perfect fourth), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to D (ascending perfect fourth), D to A (descending perfect fourth), A to A (ascending unison), A to D (ascending perfect fourth), D to G# (ascending tritone), G# to C# (ascending perfect fourth), C# to F# (ascending perfect fourth), F# to C (ascending tritone), C to B (descending half step), B to E (ascending perfect fourth), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to G (descending whole step), G to F# (descending half step), F# to D# (descending minor third), D# to G# (ascending perfect fourth), G# to G# (ascending unison), G# to F# (descending whole step), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to C (ascending half step). 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 D by whole step.

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 · 43 bars · Form: ABC

Chords: D9, C♯9, C9, Baug7, E7, A7, DMaj7, A7♭9, A7/C♯, D, G♯m7♭5, C♯7, F♯m7♭5, C7♯11, B7, Em7, A7♭9♯5, G, F♯m, D♯m7♭5, G♯7♭9, G♯m7, F♯m7, B7♭9, C.

Scales for Improvisation D bebop, D bebop major.

Diatonic chords: See all chords in the key of D