This video is for the C chord or the C major chord. This is a super common chord that you will use as part of the open chord family. It’s got a mix of open strings and fretted notes. Here’s how it sounds. It’s happy and all that. There’s no easy way to play the C minor chord as an open chord, it’s usually done as a barre, but there you can hear it’s a little sad sounding. Here’s the C major.

So let’s break down the fingering. Usually the easiest way is to start with the pointer finger, that’s going to go on the second string first fret. The next finger is going to go, this is the second finger, this is going on the fourth string second fret. And the last thing we’ll do is add the third finger to the fifth string third fret. It sort of forms a diagonal shape. And you’ll notice on the chord diagram there’s an X on the sixth string. So you’re only strumming the bottom five strings.

This chord, sometimes it’s difficult to get the open strings to ring because if you’re fingers are laying a little flat you can be muting them. So again, you want to sort of push your hand forward gently and curl your fingertips, get nice and high on the fingertips and don’t press too hard and that will help to make the chord ring out clearly.