C Major Chord

Lesson 23
Author : Chris Colby van Scyoc
Last Updated : May, 2025

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LEARN

C CHORD
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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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