C# / Db Chords on Guitar

Every common C# chord: major, minor, sevenths, sus chords and diminished. All barre shapes, so warm up that index finger. 14 diagrams. 🎸

C# majorC#

Bright and settled. Most songs start and end here.

C#Root on the 5th string, 4th fret

C#Root on the 6th string, 9th fret

Lower the 3rd by one fret, and the mood turns.

C#mRoot on the 5th string, 4th fret

C#mRoot on the 6th string, 9th fret

Bluesy and a little restless. It wants to move on.

C#7Root on the 5th string, 4th fret

C#7Root on the 6th string, 9th fret

Soft and dreamy. Late-night soul in one chord.

C#maj7Root on the 5th string, 4th fret

C#maj7Root on the 6th string, 9th fret

Mellow and smooth. A minor chord with its shoulders down.

C#m7Root on the 5th string, 4th fret

C#m7Root on the 6th string, 9th fret

Open and airy. Neither happy nor sad.

C#sus2Root on the 5th string, 4th fret

Tense, until it falls back to the major chord.

C#sus4Root on the 5th string, 4th fret

C#sus4Root on the 6th string, 9th fret

Dark and dramatic. Best as a quick step between two chords.

C#dimRoot on the 5th string, 4th fret

What notes are in the C# chord?

C# major is C#, E#, G#. C# minor is C#, E, G#: the same chord with the middle note one fret lower.

What is the easiest way to play C# on guitar?

There's no open C# chord, so it's a barre chord or a capo. The easy way: put a capo on the 1st fret and play an open C shape. It sounds as C#.