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Guitar chord
C Chord
C is a major chord rooted on C. The bright, settled sound at the centre of Western music. A root, a major third and a perfect fifth — nothing pulling anywhere.
The notes
Every C chord anywhere on the neck is some arrangement of these 3 notes.
C1
E3
G5
How to play it
5 shapes, low on the neck to high. Tap any diagram to hear it. Green marks the root.