C#5 chord on Irish Bouzouki

in GDAD tuning

✕✕12G#C#
C#5
Power Chord
Notes:C# · G#
hard
Piano Left hand Right hand
C#C#C#G#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
1 x 4 x1 – 2 –G# x C# xhard
6 6 4 62 3 1 4C# G# C# G#medium
6 6 x x1 2 – –C# G# x xeasy
x 11 11 11– 1 1 1x C# G# C#easy · barre on fret 11
6 6 4 x2 3 1 –C# G# C# xmedium
6 6 x 61 2 – 3C# G# x G#easy
x 11 11 x– 1 2 –x C# G# xeasy
x x 4 6– – 1 2x x C# G#medium
6 x x 61 – – 2C# x x G#easy
x x 11 11– – 1 2x x G# C#easy
6 x 4 62 – 1 3C# x C# G#hard
x 6 4 6– 2 1 3x G# C# G#medium
x 6 4 x– 2 1 –x G# C# xmedium

The C#5 chord (Power Chord) is built from the notes C#, G#. Below are playable fingerings for Irish Bouzouki 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#5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10C#
57G#

More C# chords

Other roots

See C#5 in another tuning

GDAD G-D-A-D
What notes make up the C#5 chord?

C#5 is a Power Chord chord built from the notes C#, G#.

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.