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Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
CHORD GUIDE

C chord on guitar (C major)

The C chord is the notes C, E and G. The usual shape is an open chord: x 3 2 0 1 0, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with C on the A key: tap it or press A to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitarSee the fingering
The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Press A or tap its pad to hear it
Notes
C E G
Frets
x 3 2 0 1 0
Shape
Open chord
Type
major

How to play C

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

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C
  1. Your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret.
  2. Your middle finger on the D string at the 2nd fret.
  3. Your index finger on the B string at the 1st fret.
  4. Let the G and high E strings ring open.
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

C up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

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C (up the neck)

Play it as x 3 5 5 5 3, a barre at the 3rd fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to the high E string at the 3rd fret.
  2. Your middle finger on the D string at the 5th fret.
  3. Your ring finger on the G string at the 5th fret.
  4. Your little finger on the B string at the 5th fret.
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Chords that go with C

These share a key with C, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

Songs with C

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.