C Major Chord

The C Major Chord, like the other Major Chords, is a fairly difficult Chord, but it is nothing practicing persistently can't help. The challenge of this chord is mainly that you will find your fingers a little more spread apart so it is a bit more tricky for beginners to get them right.

From now on you will see the difficult chords that you must learn. Not to discourage you, but here is where the true challenge, make or break point is reached. Many guitar students reach this point, get frustrated and quit. This being because they are not prepared to commit to the challenge of playing the guitar. We can guarantee that if you are able to master these chords you will be playing the guitar with ease and, you will find that in reality it was just a matter of being persistent enough, and practice, practice, practice. Also, if you are able to do the C Major Chord it will help you develop a good stretch on your fretting hand.

To get the C Major Chord, place your third finger on the 3rd fret of the A string, your second finger on the 2nd fret of the D string and your first finger on the 1st fret of the B string.

Remember the following tips when you're starting to play this chord: Try to master this one first before you go on and try to play any other chord, another exercise that a lot of people find helpful is to make the shape of the chord then releasing it and making the shape again, that way you will start to get your fingers used to how it feels to get the chord. Once you are getting it, practice moving from the A Minor Chord to C Major Chord, that is a basic activity that can be extremely useful for you.

Practice constantly the C Major Chord, at least 50 times every time, be patient and don't worry if at first you find it hard, it is absolutely normal.