Guitar chord · Minor
C#m chord (C# Minor)
Sad, deep, and melancholic fundamental minor triad.
Notes C#EG#
Formula 1 ♭3 5
Shapes 3 on this page
C#m chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, C#.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Tap any note to hear it.
Scales to play over C#m
These scales start on C# and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when C#m is the chord of the moment.
C# Minor C# Minor Pentatonic C# Blues C# Major Blues C# Dorian C# Phrygian C# Harmonic Minor C# Melodic Minor C# Half-Whole Diminished C# Hungarian Minor C# Dorian b2 C# Ukrainian Dorian C# Lydian #2 C# Lydian b3 C# Neapolitan Minor C# Neapolitan Major C# Augmented C# Bebop Dorian C# Hirajoshi C# Phrygian b4 C# Lydian #2 #6 C# Ultraphrygian C# Hungarian Major C# Bebop Melodic Minor C# Bebop Harmonic Minor
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Questions
- What notes are in a C#m chord?
- C#m is C#, E, G#: the 1, ♭3, 5 of C#.
- How do you play C#m on guitar?
- Open Am / Am-Shape: x 4 6 6 5 4; Open Em / Em-Shape: 9 11 11 9 9 9; Open Dm / Dm-Shape: x x 11 13 14 12 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with C#m?
- Scales on C# that contain every note of C#m: C# Minor, C# Minor Pentatonic, C# Blues, C# Major Blues, C# Dorian, C# Phrygian.
Minor chords in every key
More C# chords
C# C#dim C#5 C#7 C#maj7 C#m7 C#m(maj7) C#maj9 C#9 C#m9 C#m11 C#6 C#m6 C#add9 C#sus4 C#sus2 C#7sus4 C#7#9 C#aug C#maj7#5 C#dim7 C#m7b5 C#7b9 C#13 C#6/9 C#11 C#9sus4 C#madd9 C#add11 C#m6/9 C#7#5 C#7b5 C#7#11 C#maj13 C#m13 C#maj11 C#9#11 C#maj9#11 C#maj7#11 C#m9b5 C#7sus4b9 C#m(maj9) C#9#5 C#9b5 C#7b5b9 C#7#5b9 C#7#5#9 C#7b5#9 C#7b13 C#13b9 C#13#11 C#m7#5 C#maj7b5 C#dim(maj7) C#madd11