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Welcome to the club! Everyone of us has struggled to play the C (and the G, and the D and the……)
Your profile shows that you are new to TAC. How long have you been playing?
Are your fingernails clipped as short as possible? Have you developed some calluses on your finger tips?
C Chord is very hard, it is definitely not beginner friendly. It probably took me about 6 or 7 months before I could play it cleanly and that was with a lot of time (maybe a second) placing my fingers right. What Tony says in this weeks challenge about getting a good arch on your fingers by getting your palm far under the neck is one of the best tips I can think of.
All of the above are important factors but it’s simply going to take some time to get the open C major chord down. It’s been about a year since I bought my electric guitar and started to learn chords. In July last year I joined TAC. Best choice ever! Yet I still will flub the C chord fairly often while playing through some chord transitions. If I just pick up my guitar and play a C, no problem I’ll hit it about 98%.
Another suggestion, if you just need to play a C chord to get through a particular song that has some easier chords. You can sub in the Cadd9, which looks like a G but you move your index and middle fingers down one string. This is actually a lot easier to play than either the C or the G, because there is less reaching necessary. Also if you are transitioning between the C and the G, very little movement is required.
