Mandolin C5 chordC power chord: 5 5 3 3, and 3 more shapes

C5 chord chart for mandolin in GDAE tuning: 5 5 3 3, from the 3rd fret
C5 (C power chord) on the mandolin, GDAE: 5 5 3 3, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 5 5 3 3 (from the 3rd fret)

  1. G course: 5th fret, middle finger, C
  2. D course: 5th fret, ring finger, G
  3. A course: 3rd fret, index finger (barre), C
  4. E course: 3rd fret, index finger (barre), G

Sounds: C G C G  ·  C5 is C, G (1 · 5)

Open courses that ring: G is a note of C5, so it can drone under it.

With a capo: on the 3rd fret it’s 2 2 0 0 (frets counted from the capo), an open A5 shape.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose Mandolin once in its Settings and it remembers.

More C5 shapes

  1. 5fr11CG5 5 x x
    5fr
  2. 8fr331GCGC0 10 10 8
    8fr · C5/G
  3. 10fr1GC0 10 x x
    10fr · C5/G

Other C chords, Mandolin GDAE

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other power chords

D5G5A5E5B5C5F5F♯5

C5 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADAD

All Mandolin GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app