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10: How to Play An Easy C Chord on Guitar · The Guitarjet Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Guitar Jet Podcast, where you'll skyrocket your
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of theory, techniques, and fundamentals for guitar. Welcome to
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  Speaker 1: the Guitar Jet Podcast. I'm your host Miles and today
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to be answering the question what is the
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  Speaker 1: easiest way to play a C chord on the guitar?
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  Speaker 1: And so I want you to think about the notes
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  Speaker 1: in a C chord, CE and G and where can
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  Speaker 1: you easily play the G note and the E note. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you could play open G and open high E. And
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  Speaker 1: now you need to incorporate the C note, which you
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  Speaker 1: can play at the first threat of the B string,
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  Speaker 1: so it gives you open G, first fret B and
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  Speaker 1: open high E. This is the easiest way to play
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  Speaker 1: a C chord on the guitar, and it's one of
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  Speaker 1: the most popular ways for kids to learn how to
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  Speaker 1: play a C chord on the guitar. Now, there are
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  Speaker 1: only three notes in your C major triad, right, so
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  Speaker 1: that means there are other easy ways to play the
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  Speaker 1: C chord on the guitar. All you need to do
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  Speaker 1: is find CE and G and play them in harmony. So,
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  Speaker 1: for example, you could go to your eighth threat of
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  Speaker 1: highe and place not a threat B and play the
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  Speaker 1: G note and ninth threat of your G string and
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  Speaker 1: play the E note that goot would give you G
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  Speaker 1: nine and B eight and E eight. And that's another
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  Speaker 1: common C major triad that's really easy to play. But
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the day, your open C chord
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  Speaker 1: is also very straightforward. And the first easy C shape
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  Speaker 1: that I talked about is just a smaller version of
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  Speaker 1: open C. When you play open C all, you're adding
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  Speaker 1: to your G first thret B and open high E
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  Speaker 1: is your second threat D and your third frat a right,
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  Speaker 1: And that just adds more character and deeper notes to
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  Speaker 1: your C chord. But long story short, the easy way,
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  Speaker 1: the easiest way to play a C chord on the
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  Speaker 1: guitar is open G first thret B and open highe.
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