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The first chord chart is the most common voicing, in root position with a triad and and additional root and third above.
→Open Position C Major Chord
|C Major Chord#Open Position C Major Chord|Open C
|C Major Chord#Harmonic Theory: Tonality and the I Chord|Theory}}
Here are the most common chord shapes for C major in open position.
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'''E/G''' o|-|-|p-|-| '''C ''' ||i|-|-|-| '''G ''' o|-|-|-|-| '''E ''' ||-|m|-|-| '''C ''' ||-|-|r|-| '''E ''' o|-|-|-|-|
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'''E/G''' o|-|-|p-|-| '''C ''' ||i|-|-|-| '''G ''' o|-|-|-|-| '''E ''' ||-|m|-|-| ''' ''' ||-|-|-|-| '''G ''' ||-|-|r|-|
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The first chord chart is the most common voicing, in root position with a triad and and additional root and third above. The other charts show inversions, using the E and G on the 6th string. Below are alternates to these shapes that spring up from time to time. They use a high G on the E string instead of the open E. The high G on the 1st string can be used to give the chord a less tense feel, since a fifth is more consonant than a major third. {|! Root Pos. !! 1st Inv. !! 2nd Inv.|-| '''G''' ||-|-|p|-| '''C''' ||i|-|-|-| '''G''' o|-|-|-|-| '''E''' ||-|m|-|-| '''C''' ||-|-|r|-| ''' ''' ||-|-|-|-|| '''G''' ||-|-|p|-| '''C''' ||i|-|-|-| '''G''' o|-|-|-|-| '''E''' ||-|m|-|-| '''C''' ||-|-|r|-| '''E''' o|-|-|-|-|| '''G''' ||-|-|p|-| '''C''' ||i|-|-|-| '''G''' o|-|-|-|-| '''E''' ||-|m|-|-| ''' ''' ||-|-|-|-| '''G''' ||-|-|r|-||}
=== Fingering ===