Guitar chords · Diminished 7th
C♯°7 chord on guitar (C#dim7)
C♯°7 (C♯ Four notes stacked in minor 3rds, written °7. Every note is the same distance from the next, so the chord pulls hard to the chord a half step above any of its notes.) has four notes: C♯, E, G and B♭, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, ♭5 and 𝄫7.
Shapes
How to play C♯°7
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
C♯°7 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 4 or the E shape at fret 9. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
A shape · fret 4
E shape · fret 9
Notes and formula
What makes C♯°7 diminished 7th
A Four notes stacked in minor 3rds, written °7. Every note is the same distance from the next, so the chord pulls hard to the chord a half step above any of its notes. chord stacks three minor 3rds, so every note is the same distance from the next. It is the vii°7 of the The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home. and pulls hard to the chord a The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯. above its The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7..
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The ♭3rd, the ♭5th and the 𝄫7th make C♯°7 a Four notes stacked in minor 3rds, written °7. Every note is the same distance from the next, so the chord pulls hard to the chord a half step above any of its notes. chord.
- C♯Rroot
- E♭3essential
- G♭5essential
- B♭𝄫7essential
- C♯, the root
- Other chord tones
C♯°7 usually resolves up a The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯. to D or Dm, the chord it leads into. Its four notes are evenly spaced, so the same shape also works as E°7, G°7 and A♯°7, leading to F, A♭ and B.
C♯°7 and D♭°7 are the same chord with two names: same The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step., same sound. Which one you see depends on the key the song is written in.
Keys
Keys with C♯°7
C♯°7 belongs to one key: D minor (vii°7, The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home.).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
C♯°7 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps C♯°7 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- C♯°7/E
C♯°7 with its ♭3rd, E, in the bass: the first inversion.
- C♯°7/G
C♯°7 with its ♭5th, G, in the bass: the second inversion.
- C♯°7/B♭
C♯°7 with its 𝄫7th, B♭, in the bass: the third inversion.
Same root
Other chords on C♯ / D♭
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- D♭ major
- C♯m minor
- D♭7 dominant 7th
- D♭maj7 major 7th
- C♯m7 minor 7th
- D♭sus2 suspended 2nd
- D♭sus4 suspended 4th
- D♭6 major 6th
- C♯m6 minor 6th
- D♭add9 add 9
- D♭9 dominant 9th
- D♭maj9 major 9th
- C♯m9 minor 9th
- D♭13 dominant 13th
- D♭maj13 major 13th
- C♯m11 minor 11th
- C♯° diminished
- C♯m7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- D♭+ augmented
- D♭5 power chord
- D♭7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- C♯m(maj7) minor major 7th
- D♭6/9 six-nine
- C♯m(add9) minor add 9
- D♭7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
C♯°7, in short
- What notes are in the C♯°7 chord?
- C♯°7 (C♯ Four notes stacked in minor 3rds, written °7. Every note is the same distance from the next, so the chord pulls hard to the chord a half step above any of its notes.) has four notes: C♯, E, G and B♭, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, ♭5 and 𝄫7.
- How do you play C♯°7 on guitar?
- C♯°7 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 4 or the E shape at fret 9.
- What key is C♯°7 in?
- C♯°7 belongs to one key: D minor (vii°7, The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home.).
- Is C♯°7 the same as D♭°7?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. C♯°7 is the spelling in D minor. No key on the circle spells it D♭°7, so you will rarely see that name.