C5

C5 is C and G, a power chord. The shape this page opens on is written x35xxx, lowest string first.

Also written C(no 3rd) or C power chord. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 2 common shapes for C5 on the guitar, and 23 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of C5 belongs to C major (the I), C minor (the i), D minor (the ♭VII), Eb major (the vi), E minor (the ♭VI), F major (the V), F minor (the v), G major (the IV), G minor (the iv), Ab major (the iii), A minor (the ♭III) and Bb major (the ii).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x35xxx, 8-10-10-x-x-x.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. C5 has xxx013, x355xx, 335xxx, 3355xx, 8-10-10-x-x-x, xxx088, x-10-10-12-x-x, x3x013.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.