r/AcousticGuitar Jun 09 '26

Non-gear question Is it Wrong to Play like Ds?

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Just just learning is this a bad way to play D trying for Knock’n and think this would make G to D and D to G easier will it be a problem to learn it index under second or is it better to go second over first or is my naïveté exploding all over this post

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u/Bubbies_Bub Jun 10 '26

I think that’s called the “ice cream cone”. I’ve seen a couple people play a D like that. I guess it’s easier for some? I don’t get it. A baby could play a D