C chord on mandolin
The C chord diagram on mandolin, the notes it is built from, and the Alviena charts that use it.
The diagram
The notes in C
G · E · C
The chord is built from 3 distinct pitches. A shape may double them an octave apart: the same note then appears more than once without changing the chord.
The shape, string by string
2 open strings
| String | Fret | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | open | G |
| 3 | 2 | E |
| 2 | 3 | C |
| 1 | open | E |
Charts that use C
- Hey Soul Sister — Train
- Cette Année Là — Claude François
- Liberta — Pep's
- Numb — Linkin Park
- Fat Bottomed Girls — Queen
- Freed From Desire — Gala
- Awake My Soul — Mumford & Sons
- Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler — Pink Martini
- Complicated — Avril Lavigne
- Down By The Water — The Decemberists
- What's Up — 4 Non Blondes
- They Dont Care About Us — Michael Jackson