Having trouble playing a specific chord

[bamxmejia]

I am trying to play a D A B D chord with just my left hand; Is there some way to position my hand to properly play this?  My right hand has to play an A E chord at the same time.  Should I switch my hand positions to play them?

[nystul]

5321 should work unless you struggle to reach an octave.  It might be easier to reach the interior notes of this chord if your palm is turned slightly inward.

[brogers70]

Depending on how wide your fingers are you could also consider playing the A and B both with the second finger. That avoids the awkward stretch between 5 and 3.

[mysterium]

Unless you really can´t stretch D to A with 5-3 I would avoid playing two notes with the second finger, depending of course on the amount of time you have before the chord - it will probably be no problem if you have time to really place your hand before pressing the keys

[faulty_damper]

I am trying to play a D A B D chord with just my left hand; Is there some way to position my hand to properly play this?  My right hand has to play an A E chord at the same time.  Should I switch my hand positions to play them?

Using 5 32 1, slant the hand and drop the wrist.  It's not a bad a stretch if you do this.

Using 5 22 1, just drop the wrist.

I don't advise 5 33 1.

[louispodesta]

When in doubt, roll the chord.  Now, I fully realize that if you do so the "Urtext Mob," as Jorge Bolet used to call them, will find out where you live and burn your house down with you in it.

Don't sweat the small stuff.