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Chord & Fret

G#/C# — with the eleventh in the bass

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

Notes in G#/C#: C# – G# – B# – D#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

G#/C#, x 4 1 1 1 4G#/C#21113×C#D#G#CG#
Guitar
G#/C#, x 4 1 1 1 4G#/C#21113×C#D#G#CG#
Electric guitar
G#/C#, 11 8 9 10G#/C#84123C#D#G#C
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

G#/CG#/D#G#/GG#/A#G#/F

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