C#7♯5 chord on 6-String Guitar – Drop G

in Drop G (G-D-G-C-E-A) tuning

✕○34123C#FBAA
C#7♯5
Dominant 7 ♯5
Notes:C# · F · A · B
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Piano Left hand Right hand
FABC#C#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
6 3 4 x 5 04 1 2 – 3 –C# F B x A Ahard
x x 6 5 5 2– – 4 2 3 1x x C# F A Bhard
6 3 4 x 5 x4 1 2 – 3 –C# F B x A xhard
6 x 4 5 5 44 – 1 2 3 1C# x B F A C#hard · barre on fret 4
x x 6 5 7 0– – 2 1 3 –x x C# F B Amedium
6 7 6 x 7 81 2 1 – 3 4C# A C# x B Fhard · barre on fret 6
x 11 10 9 7 0– 4 3 2 1 –x C# F A B Ahard
x 9 x 9 9 8– 2 – 3 4 1x B x A C# Fhard
x 11 10 11 9 0– 3 2 4 1 –x C# F B C# Amedium
x 11 10 11 x 0– 2 1 3 – –x C# F B x Aeasy
6 3 4 5 x 04 1 2 3 – –C# F B F x Ahard
6 x 2 5 5 24 – 1 2 3 1C# x A F A Bhard · barre on fret 2
x 3 4 x 5 4– 1 2 – 4 3x F B x A C#hard
6 7 4 5 x x3 4 1 2 – –C# A B F x xmedium
6 x 6 5 7 02 – 3 1 4 –C# x C# F B Ahard
x x 6 9 7 8– – 1 4 2 3x x C# A B Fmedium

The C#7♯5 chord (Dominant 7 ♯5) is built from the notes C#, F, A, B. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Drop G generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the C#7♯5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · ♯5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10C#
34F
♯58A
♭710B

More C# chords

Other roots

See C#7♯5 in another tuning

What notes make up the C#7♯5 chord?

C#7♯5 is a Dominant 7 ♯5 chord built from the notes C#, F, A, B.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.