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C#/A Guitar Chord

The fundamental chord with a bright, happy and stable sound. Forms the basis of most popular, rock, folk and classical music. Consists of three notes: the root, major third and perfect fifth. This is a slash chord — the bass note is A instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–0–3–1–2–1

How to play the C#/A chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–3–1–2–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Open
4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the C#/A chord

Other names: C# major, C#maj, C#M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: C# major chord

Notes and intervals in the C#/A chord

Note Interval
C# Root
E# Major 3rd
G# Perfect 5th
A Bass note

All variations

Open
X–0–3–1–2–1
Open
X–0–3–1–2–4
Fret 4
X–0–6–6–6–4
Fret 4
X–X–7–6–6–4

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys