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G perfect fourth dyad · Open position
Two notes: the first in its name is the lower
G–C guitar chord
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C perfect fifth 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 G–C on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the B string at the 1st fret. Let the G string ring open. Don’t play the low E, A, D and high E strings.
From the low E string x x x 0 1 x (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in G–C?
G–C, G perfect fourth dyad, is G and C: the root (G) and the perfect fourth (C). Its formula is 1 4.
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Perfect fourth dyad chords in every key
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