Like Someone In Love in D
Like Someone In Love in D
Like Someone in Love in D: Van Heusen's accessible ballad rewards clean Bebop Major vocabulary and gentle Dorian color on the minor ii chords. Mixolydian smooths the dominant passages — an ideal standard for building bebop fluency. Chords: DMaj7 – D6/a – E7/G# – A7/f – F#m7 – F7 – Em7 – A7 – A9#5 – Am7 – D9 – D9#5 – G6 – Gaug – C#m7 – F#7 – BMaj7 – B6 – Bm7 – E7 – A7#5.
Like Someone In Love in 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 unison), D to E (ascending whole step), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to F# (descending minor third), F# to F (descending half step), F to E (descending half step), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to A (ascending unison), A to A (ascending unison), A to D (ascending perfect fourth), D to D (ascending unison), D to G (ascending perfect fourth), G to G (ascending unison), G to C# (ascending tritone), C# to F# (ascending perfect fourth), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to B (ascending unison), B to B (ascending unison), B to E (ascending perfect fourth), E to A (ascending perfect fourth). A half-step bass movement creates a strong leading-tone pull that demands resolution. The mix of stepwise and leap motion balances smoothness with harmonic drive. When the progression loops, the bass returns from A to D by perfect fourth.
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.