Basic D chord licks are based upon several left hand fingering options. Two options are shown here. The first diagram is the standard D fingering with the F# bass note. The second option uses a half bar on the first three strings.
The slides in the following D chord lick are quick slides. The first note in each slide contains on time value. Both notes are played within the same beat. Listen to the recording to hear the correct timing of this lick.
The following example uses both of the previous D chord shapes. The bracket at the beginning of the third bar indicates a bar across the first three strings.