I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face in D

Frederick Loewe / Alan Jay Lerner(1956)swing
Do Re MiC D E
A
B
Baug7
F♯aug7
Baug7
B7♯9♯5
Em/A

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I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face 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 E (ascending whole step), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to G (descending whole step), G to G# (ascending half step), G# to D (ascending tritone), D to B (descending minor third), B to G# (descending minor third), G# to C# (ascending perfect fourth), C# to F# (ascending perfect fourth), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to F# (descending perfect fourth), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to E (ascending perfect fourth), E to G (ascending minor third), G to C (ascending perfect fourth), C to E (ascending major 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 E 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 · 22 bars · Form: AB

Chords: DMaj7, Em, A7, GMaj7, G♯dim7, D/A, B7♭9, G♯m, C♯7♭9, F♯m, Baug7, F♯aug7, B7♯9♯5, E7, Gm, C7, Em/A.

Scales for Improvisation D bebop, D bebop major.

Diatonic chords: See all chords in the key of D