C# Guitar Chord

How to play C#: a major built on C#, with 1 voicing, the notes, and the intervals.

Chord Diagram

X
A common voicing

The first diagram is a common voicing: played at the first few frets. An X above a string means don't play it; an O means play it open.

C# and Db are the same pitches spelled two ways, so the fingerings are identical. See Db for the other spelling.

More Voicings of C#

The same chord in other positions on the neck: movable shapes transposed to C#. Open any of them in the Diagram Maker below to adjust the fingering.

4X
Fret 4
9
Fret 9
9XX
Fret 9
11XX
Fret 11

Notes & Intervals in C#

NoteC#E#G#
IntervalR35

C# is a major with C# as its root. The full theoretical spelling is C#, E#, G#. This voicing sounds every chord tone.

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