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Major Minor Dominant 7 Diminished Augmented Suspended

Featured chords in C sharp

Sheet music of C Major in three octaves (3)

Sheet music of C Major in three octaves (2)

C sharp Major

Major triad (1-3-5); stable tonic color and foundation of tonal harmony.

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C sharp Minor

Minor triad (1–♭3–5); stable minor color, relative to major by lowering the third.

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Guitar voicing #4 of the C Minor seventh chord

C sharp Minor seventh

Minor seventh (1–♭3–5–♭7): the everyday minor-seventh stack behind ii7, i7 vamps, and R&B shells—not the major-seventh minor color of mM7.

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Guitar voicing #1 of the C Major seventh chord

C sharp Major seventh

Major seventh (1–3–5–7); stable major color with leading-tone pull to the octave.

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Sheet music of C Augmented in three octaves (3)

C sharp Augmented

Augmented triad (1–3–♯5); symmetric stacks and whole-tone color.

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Guitar voicing #2 of the C Dominant ninth chord

C sharp Dominant ninth

Dominant seventh with added ninth; richer dominant tension that still resolves strongly to tonic.

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	Aliases
C sharp Minor	m, min, -	Beginner
C sharp Minor seventh	m7, min7, mi7, -7	Beginner
C sharp Minor major seventh	m/ma7, m/maj7, mM7, mMaj7, m/M7, -Δ7, mΔ, -^7, -maj7	Easy
C sharp Minor sixth	m6, -6	Easy
C sharp Minor seventh add eleventh	m7add11, m7add4	Easy
C sharp Minor seventh flat fifth	m7b5, ø, -7b5, h7, h	Easy
C sharp Minor ninth	m9, -9	Easy
C sharp Minor add ninth	madd9	Easy
C sharp Minor ninth flat fifth	m9b5	Easy
C sharp Minor eleventh	m11, -11	Easy
C sharp Minor ninth sharp fifth	m9#5	Intermediate
C sharp Minor sharp fifth	m#5, -#5, m+	Intermediate
C sharp Minor add fourth	madd4	Intermediate
C sharp Minor six-nine	m69, -69	Intermediate
C sharp Minor eleventh augmented	m11A	Intermediate
C sharp Minor thirteenth	m13, -13	Expert
C sharp Minor seventh sharp fifth	m7#5	Expert
C sharp Minor major ninth	mM9, mMaj9, -^9	Guru
C sharp Minor major seventh flat sixth	mMaj7b6	Guru
C sharp Minor major ninth flat sixth	mMaj9b6	Guru
C sharp Minor flat sixth major seventh	mb6M7	Guru

Chord library for practical music theory and harmony

Use this chord library to study chord formulas, chord quality, inversions, extensions, and common aliases in every key. Each chord page helps you understand the intervals and notes inside the chord so you can apply harmony with confidence.

Start with essential triads and seventh chords, then continue into altered and extended harmony for songwriting, improvisation, and arranging. For a complete workflow, combine this library with the scale libraryand the interval guideto hear how harmony and melody connect in real music.