A brief analysis and compenium [sic] of chords in

Open C

for people who do not practice and who do not remember what they learned last lesson.

As w/all open tunings I use except open D modal, open C is composed on tonic strings and fifths & only one (1) string is tuned to the major 3rd degree of the C major scale which is

E

the closest note to C in standard tuning is B, the second string. We tune it up 1/2 step to a C. We leave the G string alone since G is the fifth degree of the C major scale.

We tune the D String down to a C
                   A    "  ----------- ~   G
                   E    "  ----------- ~   C

& this gives us C major tuning:          CGCGCE.

Please note again this is composed entirely of tonics & fifths w/one string tuned to the third degree of the C major scale which is

E

up & down on the guitar (see illustrations at bottom of page 1 manuscript)

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