How do you play C5 on guitar?

6th String Root Power Chord: 8 10 10 x x x; 5th String Root Power Chord: x 3 5 5 x x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with C5?

Scales on C that contain every note of C5: C Major, C Minor, C Minor Pentatonic, C Major Pentatonic, C Blues, C Major Blues.

Guitar chord · Power Chord

C5 chord (C Power Chord)

Powerful rock/metal staple consisting of root and fifth without a third.

Notes CG

Formula 1 5

Shapes 2 on this page

C5 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, C.

6th String Root Power Chord 8 10 10 x x x

5th String Root Power Chord x 3 5 5 x x

Interactive chord diagram

C5 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over C5

These scales start on C and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when C5 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a C5 chord?: C5 is C, G: the 1, 5 of C.
How do you play C5 on guitar?: 6th String Root Power Chord: 8 10 10 x x x; 5th String Root Power Chord: x 3 5 5 x x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with C5?: Scales on C that contain every note of C5: C Major, C Minor, C Minor Pentatonic, C Major Pentatonic, C Blues, C Major Blues.

Power Chord chords in every key

C5 C#5 D5 Eb5 E5 F5 F#5 G5 Ab5 A5 Bb5 B5