How to Play the C Chord | Guitar for Beginners

The C Chord can be challenging - so, in this lesson, I'll give you many tips on how to get it right! You'll learn which strings to strum, the right finger placement, and some tricks to get the C Chord sounding good! #justinguitar #guitar #guitarforbeginners

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Video Chapters
00:00 How to Play the C Chord - Lesson's Intro
00:15 C Chord - Finger placement
01:18 C Chord - Which strings to play
01:59 C Chord - Correct 'bad' notes
03:51 C Chord - Fingers angle
04:59 C Chord - Chord changes

[anthonynenna]

So thorough! I've been a bad guitarist for a decade. I was trained as a bassist. I have almost every bad habit and no theory. So, thank you.

[its_gedion]

Of all the open chord shapes I learned the C chord was the toughest. I'm pretty sure this will be a very useful video for a lot of people. I'll be using it to perfect my grip. Thank You Justin.

[iliannamartini]

Ive never thought to form the Am at first and then just move my 3rd finger.. thank you ! You have no idea how much this little thing helped me, Ive been struggling for months !

[maxhighstein]

Thank you for the reassurance. I really appreciate hearing that this is one that takes a lot of practice at the beginning but it will improve. It's a real pill for me, and I might give up otherwise.

[qtip]

CHord progression: Dm, Am, to C helped me so much and it sounds good no matter how you strum it.

[concretedonkey]

I prefer to mute the E string with my thumb. It's so much more natural to me than trying to mute it with my 3rd finger. That seems like i'm trying to teach my fingers to not sit correctly on the strings if i do that.

Obviously everyone prefers different strategies with finger placing but just thought i'd mention this as other beginners may prefer to use the thumb.

[ambarishroul]

This lesson is amazing . Everything is very briefly explained and I discovered so many tricks to make a perfect c chord .

[jayjay]

anyone else really struggle changing between c chord and the g chord fluently ? ive been practicing it for a solid month now and i still struggle to do it quickly.

[kimballard]

OK, so I've been trying to get the C chord for two weeks now doing exactly as you say, the problem is the back of my 2nd finger mutes the 3rd string B, could it be I just need a guitar with a wider nut width? my present guitar is 45mm, the trouble is guitars with a greater nut width are so expensive. Forgot to mention I'm doing finger style.

[bmfly]

The single tip of rotating your hand so that the fingers are more together REALLY me helped taking the awkward feeling out of this chord! Thank you so much!

[rodneyange]

Getting better every day on the C chord. Fingers still sore but pushing through.Thanks for the encouragement.👍hardest chord so far.

[philipthomas]

Wow mastering the Dm and finger stretching exercises in the previous lesson made this one really simple. Great progresion!

[shantanubhow]

for some very weird reason, I actually got it right in first attempt.Thanks a lot Justin!

[gladwinjoseph]

Thank you for such clear instructions!

[mistergrendel]

“Relooxted?” I love words that have two meanings! Your lessons are the greatest Justin.
😜🤓

[Dinkybay]

Hey Justin ! You are definitely the most "relooxing" guy I ever watch on YouTube! Thank you for your amazingly good guitar learning program!

[bobbymalta]

Thanks Mate You'r an Amazing Teacher!

[MargaretGoodhall]

Thanks, Justin. I am a beginner and found your advice about angling the fingers and bringing the elbow closer to the body very helpful.

[prateekagarwal]

0:57 I am playing it exactly like that😅. It's harder to do the other way around for me.

[snock]

I took too much to start this lesson 5, I'v picked it up imediatly, that makes me happy since at the start I was doubting myself, thank's for the help!