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I guess D would make more sense than E, but also G E A sound great in a progression

>I guess D would make more sense than E

Just learning to play the guitar myself and at least personally, have found D to be a pain in the ass of a chord shape. I can switch between A, E, and G all day long, but throw a D in there and I have to slow down and be a little more intentional. Muscle memory will happen, but for the combination of my brain and that shape, it happens more slowly. I don't think I'm the only one, either, because it was called out specifically by the guy who did the video lessons I'm using.

Are you playing the open D in the "bar plus one finger" style or the "3 individual fingers" style?

3 individual fingers. I haven't seen the bar plus one finger way of playing it, though I think I get that now. I'm going through some video lessons with a companion app and there have been zero bar chords so far.

Might give it a try later, though, thanks for the hint there.

It’s a pain at first but it will come in time. This is true for barre chords like F and B too.

The cool thing about the D shape is you can move it up the neck. Move it up 2 frets and its a an E, 1 more and its an F. And so on

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