C5

C1G5

Root and fifth, no third at all — neither major nor minor, which is the point.

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x033

open

Fig. 3

5033

easy

Fig. 4

503x

easy

Fig. 5

578x

easy

What is true of it

C5 is C and G — 1 and 5 counted from C.

The easiest of the 4 fingerings below is x033: 2 fingers, held at the 3rd fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 6 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are C, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

C5/G

0033

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

C in other shapes

Cmajor Cmminor Cdimdiminished

C♯5 D♭5 D5 D♯5 E♭5 E5 F5 F♯5 all 374