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

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

○○✕4132C#FAFAB
C#7♯5
Dominant 7 ♯5
Notes:C# · F · A · B
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
FABC#C#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
4 1 0 3 2 0 x4 1 – 3 2 – –C# F A F A B xmedium
4 5 2 3 2 2 x3 4 1 2 1 1 –C# A B F A C# xmedium · barre on fret 2
x x 4 3 4 x 5– – 2 1 3 – 4x x C# F B x Ahard
4 5 4 7 4 6 x1 2 1 4 1 3 –C# A C# A B F xmedium · barre on fret 4
x 9 8 x 6 0 5– 4 3 – 2 – 1x C# F x C# B Ahard
x 9 8 7 6 0 x– 4 3 2 1 – –x C# F A C# B xmedium
x 9 8 7 10 0 x– 3 2 1 4 – –x C# F A F B xmedium
x 9 8 9 x 10 x– 2 1 3 – 4 –x C# F B x A xhard
x 9 12 9 10 10 9– 1 4 1 2 3 1x C# A B F A C#medium · barre on fret 9
x x 12 11 10 12 x– – 3 2 1 4 –x x A C# F B xmedium
4 1 0 3 4 0 x3 1 – 2 4 – –C# F A F B B xmedium
4 5 2 3 2 x x3 4 1 2 1 – –C# A B F A x xmedium · barre on fret 2
4 5 x 3 4 x x2 4 – 1 3 – –C# A x F B x xhard
4 7 4 7 4 6 x1 3 1 4 1 2 –C# B C# A B F xmedium · barre on fret 4
x 9 8 7 x 0 5– 4 3 2 – – 1x C# F A x B Ahard
0 7 0 7 6 6 x– 3 – 4 1 2 –A B A A C# F xmedium

The C#7♯5 chord (Dominant 7 ♯5) is built from the notes C#, F, A, B. Below are playable fingerings for 7-String Guitar – Drop A 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.