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C#/C — with the major seventh in the bass

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

Notes in C#/C: C – C# – E# – G#Formula: 1 – 3 – 5 / 7

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 bass falls from C to B while the chord stays put — in practice, a maj7 with the seventh underneath. It is the second step of the descent C → C/BAmAmAmAmC/G.

The same chord on all four instruments

C#/C, x 3 3 1 2 1C#/C34121×CFG#C#F
Guitar
C#/C, x 3 3 1 2 1C#/C34121×CFG#C#F
Electric guitar
C#/C, 10 10 9 11C#/C92314CFG#C#
Cavaquinho
C#/C, 1 0 1 4C#/C123G#CFC#
Ukulele

Where to use it: Descending bass lines in ballads and fingerpicked accompaniment.

This is just one shape of C#/C. In Chord & Fret, you check it note by note, playing any shape as an arpeggio; open every variation on the neck, grouped by bass note; and change the tuning — the shape rewrites itself. Start free. Unlock everything with Pro. Plays offline.

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Part of the Inversions (slash) family.

Other chords in this family

C#/FC#/G#C#/D#C#/F#C#/A#

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