C Major Chord
Lesson 23Author : Chris Colby van Scyoc
Last Updated : September, 2024
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LEARN
C CHORD
Written Materials for This Lesson
Let's learn the C major chord!
C Major Chord
- E (6th) string (Low) = mute / not strummed
- A (5th) string = third (3rd) finger, third (3rd) fret
- D (4th) string = second (2nd) finger, second (2nd) fret
- G (3rd) string = open
- B (2nd) string = first (1st) finger, first (1st) fret
- E (1st) string (High) = open
PLAY
Play #1
|: C / / / | C / / / :|
Play #2
|: C / / / | C / / / :|
Play #3
|: C / / / | C / / / :|
Play #4
|: C / / / | Am7 / / / :|
Play #5
|: C / / / | Am7 / / / :|
Play #6
|: C / / / | Am / / / :|
Play #7
|: C / / / | Am / / / :|
Play #8
|: C / / / | Am / / / :|
Play #9
|: C / / / | E7 / / / :|
Play #10
|: C / / / | Em / / / :|
JAM!
JAM #1
|: C / / / | Em / / / :|
Review: What We Know!
- NEW:
- ~ From This Lesson ~
- C Chord
- PREVIOUS:
- Barre Chords
- Power Chords
- Flats and Sharps
- Natural Notes on the Low E String
- Notes on the Low E String
- Single-String Picking
- Eighth Notes
- Am Chord
- Changing Chords - E and Am
- Am7 Chord
- Changing Chords - E7 and Am7
- E7 Chord
- E Chord
- Em Chord
- Em7 Chord
- Tuning and Tuners
- Your first open chord - Em11
- Quarter Notes
- Half Notes
- Whole Notes
- Downstroke
- Counting bars (measures) of four. Also known as 4/4 ("four, four time")
- Muting all the strings with the fretting hand
- Playing on beat one of every measure (the first beat of each measure)
- Playing in time
- Let's build upon this! Fantastic!
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