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Chord & Fret

C#/F# — with the eleventh in the bass

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

Notes in C#/F#: F# – C# – E# – G#Formula: 1 – 3 – 5 / 11

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 an F bass. From the bottom up it gives an F with a seventh and a ninth: a wide subdominant with no weight down low.

The same chord on all four instruments

C#/F#, 2 4 4 1 2 1C#/F#244131F#C#F#G#C#F
Guitar
C#/F#, 2 4 4 1 2 1C#/F#244131F#C#F#G#C#F
Electric guitar
C#/F#, 4 1 2 3C#/F#4123F#G#C#F
Cavaquinho

Where to use it: Subdominant pedals, intros and suspended moods in the accompaniment.

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Part of the Inversions (slash) family.

Other chords in this family

C#/FC#/G#C#/CC#/D#C#/A#

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