C#7♯5 chord on 6-String Guitar – B Standard

in B Standard (B-E-A-D-F#-B) tuning

○○2134C#FAFAB
C#7♯5
Dominant 7 ♯5
Notes:C# · F · A · B
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
FABC#C#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
2 1 0 3 3 02 1 – 3 4 –C# F A F A Bmedium
2 5 2 3 3 21 4 1 2 3 1C# A B F A C#medium · barre on fret 2
x 5 4 3 5 x– 3 2 1 4 –x A C# F B xmedium
x x 4 7 5 6– – 1 4 2 3x x C# A B Fmedium
x 9 8 7 5 0– 4 3 2 1 –x C# F A B Bhard
0 7 0 7 7 6– 2 – 3 4 1B B A A C# Fmedium
x 9 8 7 7 0– 4 3 1 2 –x C# F A C# Bmedium
x 9 8 9 x 10– 2 1 3 – 4x C# F B x Ahard
x 9 12 9 11 10– 1 4 1 3 2x C# A B F Amedium · barre on fret 9
0 x 0 11 11 10– – – 2 3 1B x A C# F Aeasy
x x 12 11 11 12– – 3 1 2 4x x A C# F Bmedium
2 5 2 3 3 01 4 1 2 3 –C# A B F A Bmedium · barre on fret 2
2 5 2 3 5 21 3 1 2 4 1C# A B F B C#medium · barre on fret 2
x 7 4 3 3 x– 4 3 1 2 –x B C# F A xhard
6 7 4 7 x x2 3 1 4 – –F B C# A x xmedium
x 9 8 7 5 x– 4 3 2 1 –x C# F A B xhard

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 – B Standard 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.