All C chords

Notes: C E G

C chord schema

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E:|_____|_____|__G__|_____|_____|_____|_____|__C__|_____|_____|_____|__E__|
_:|__C__|_____|_____|_____|__E__|_____|_____|__G__|_____|_____|_____|_____|
G:|_____|_____|_____|_____|__C__|_____|_____|_____|__E__|_____|_____|__G__|
_:|_____|__E__|_____|_____|__G__|_____|_____|_____|_____|__C__|_____|_____|
_:|_____|_____|__C__|_____|_____|_____|__E__|_____|_____|__G__|_____|_____|
E:|_____|_____|__G__|_____|_____|_____|_____|__C__|_____|_____|_____|__E__|
  
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C chord fingering

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C chord facts

The C chords is the most widely used chord in western music. You can hear the note C in all musical genres, from rock to soul and from pop to country. Even more so in childrens songs, most of them use the C scale. You could call it the root note of western society.

Root note C

chord

The C major chord is probably the most used chord on many stringed instruments like the guitar

C chord shape

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