Play a C major chord
The humble C Major chord. Easy to play for most, but also an opportunity to start building the foundations of a good technique.
C major chord, 1st position on guitar
The first step in playing this or any other chord is to visually locate the target notes on the guitar neck.
- Look for a main axis, or straight line connecting these notes
- Next, look for a main axis, or straight line connecting these notes.
- Bring the left arm up to the guitar neck.
- Adjust the elbow position until the fingers are aligned with the target notes.
- Now by expanding the posture as explained in the first section of this book, let the indicated fingers touch the strings as indicated.
- The fingertips should touch the strings just behind the frets.
The Right Hand executes a basic strumming motion with the thumb.
The strum commences on the 5th string and continues to the 2nd string.
