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C perfect fifth dyad · Open position
Two notes: the first in its name is the lower
C–G guitar chord
What it is
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G perfect fourth dyad · Open position
Two notes: the first in its name is the lower
Standard
G quartal chord, three notes · also G7sus4 (no 5th) · Open position
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
Standard
G quartal chord, four notes · also Gm7(add11), no 5th · Fret 3
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
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How to play C–G on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 3rd fret. Let the G string ring open. Don’t play the low E, D, B and high E strings.
From the low E string x 3 x 0 x x (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in C–G?
C–G, C perfect fifth dyad, is C and G: the root (C) and the perfect fifth (G). Its formula is 1 5.
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Perfect fifth dyad chords in every key
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