C5 chord on 6-String Guitar – EADF#BE

in EADF#BE tuning

✕✕✕✕12CG
C5
Power Chord
Notes:C · G
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
CCCG
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x x x x 1 3– – – – 1 2x x x x C Gmedium
x 3 5 x x x– 1 2 – – –x C G x x xmedium
8 x 5 6 8 x3 – 1 2 4 –C x G C G xhard
x x x 6 8 8– – – 1 2 3x x x C G Cmedium
8 10 10 x x x1 2 3 – – –C G C x x xmedium
x 10 10 x x x– 1 2 – – –x G C x x xeasy
x 3 x 1 1 3– 3 – 1 2 4x C x G C Ghard
x 3 5 6 x x– 1 2 3 – –x C G C x xmedium
8 x 5 6 x x3 – 1 2 – –C x G C x xhard
x x x 6 8 x– – – 1 2 –x x x C G xmedium
8 10 x x x x1 2 – – – –C G x x x xmedium
x 3 5 1 1 x– 3 4 1 2 –x C G G C xhard
x 3 5 6 x 3– 1 3 4 – 2x C G C x Ghard
8 x 5 x x x2 – 1 – – –C x G x x xhard
x x 10 6 8 8– – 4 1 2 3x x C C G Chard
8 10 10 x 8 x1 3 4 – 2 –C G C x G xhard

The C5 chord (Power Chord) is built from the notes C, G. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – EADF#BE generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the C5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10C
57G

More C chords

Other roots

See C5 in another tuning

What notes make up the C5 chord?

C5 is a Power Chord chord built from the notes C, G.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.