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C#7 Guitar Chord

A tense chord that "wants" to resolve up a fourth. Essential for blues, jazz, rock'n'roll and funk. The added minor seventh creates characteristic tension.

Guitar

Strings X–4–3–4–2–X

How to play the C#7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–3–4–2–X 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) Fret 4 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · pinky
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (high E) Muted

Other names for the C#7 chord

Other names: C# dominant 7th, C#dom7

Music theory name: dominant seventh chord

Common name: C# seven chord

Notes and intervals in the C#7 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
E# Major 3rd
G# Perfect 5th
B Minor 7th

All variations

Open
X–4–3–4–2–X
Fret 4
X–4–6–4–6–4
Fret 6
9–8–6–6–6–7
Fret 9
9–11–9–10–9–9

Songs using C#7