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Chord & Fret

B/C# — with the ninth in the bass

Also written B/Db — the same chord, spelled the other way.

Notes in B/C#: C# – B – D# – F#Formula: 1 – 3 – 5 / 9

In the formula, the numbers count steps of the major scale starting from the note that names the chord; "b" lowers a half step, "#" raises one — and a slash names the bass note.

The C triad over a D bass. Heard from the bottom up it is a suspended chord — a D with a fourth and a seventh, no third: open, and saying nothing about major or minor.

The same chord on all four instruments

B/C#, x 4 4 4 4 2B/C#22221×C#F#BD#F#
Guitar
B/C#, x 4 4 4 4 2B/C#22221×C#F#BD#F#
Electric guitar
B/C#, 11 11 12 13B/C#111123C#F#BD#
Cavaquinho
B/C#, 11 13 11 14B/C#111324F#C#D#B
Ukulele

Where to use it: Right before the resolving chord, in gospel, pop and keyboard fills.

This is just one shape of B/C#. In Chord & Fret, you hear every shape strummed string by string, in each instrument's own voice; compare positions with their difficulty marked; and set a capo — the diagrams redraw above it. Start free. Unlock everything with Pro. Plays offline.

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Part of the Inversions (slash) family.

Other chords in this family

B/D#B/F#B/A#B/EB/G#

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