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Chords in the key of C# minor on guitar

The key of C# minor has seven diatonic chords: C#mC#mC#mC#m, D#°, E, F#mF#mF#mF#m, G#mG#mG#mG#m, A and B. As sevenths: C#m7C#m7C#m7C#m7, D#m7b5, Emaj7Emaj7Emaj7Emaj7, F#m7F#m7F#m7F#m7, G#m7G#m7G#m7G#m7, Amaj7Amaj7Amaj7Amaj7 and B7B7B7B7. They come from the C# natural minor scale, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A and B, one on each note. On guitar, the shapes below are the seventh chords of every degree, and the tonic one has C# in the bass.

On the guitar, six strings give the chord room to breathe — some positions use them all, others ask you to mute the lowest ones. Its hollow wooden body gives every chord a warm, natural ring that blooms and fades on its own.

Seventh chords in C# minor on guitar

C#m7, x 4 6 4 5 4C#m7413121×C#G#BEG#
i · tonic× 4 6 4 5 4
D#m7b5, x x 1 2 2 2D#m7b51234××D#AC#F#
ii° · subdominant× × 1 2 2 2
Emaj7, 0 2 1 1 0 0Emaj7211EBD#G#BE
III · tonic0 2 1 1 0 0
F#m7, 2 4 2 2 2 2F#m7131111F#C#EAC#F#
iv · subdominant2 4 2 2 2 2
G#m7, 4 6 4 4 4 4G#m74131111G#D#F#BD#G#
v · dominant4 6 4 4 4 4
Amaj7, x 0 2 1 2 0Amaj7213×AEG#C#E
VI · subdominant× 0 2 1 2 0
B7, x 2 1 2 0 2B72134×BD#ABF#
VII · subdominant× 2 1 2 0 2

These are the chords of the natural minor scale. In practice the v often becomes V (major) or V7, borrowed from the harmonic minor, to create the leading tone that pulls back to the tonic.

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