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C#alt Guitar Chord

A dominant chord with maximum tension — the specific tones (b5, #5, b9, #9) are chosen by the player based on context. An advanced jazz chord where the listed intervals represent one common voicing.

Guitar

Strings X–4–3–0–2–1

How to play the C#alt chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–3–0–2–1 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) Fret 4 · pinky
4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Open
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the C#alt chord

Other names: C# altered

Music theory name: altered dominant chord

Common name: C# altered chord

Notes and intervals in the C#alt chord

Note Interval
C# Root
E# Major 3rd
G Diminished 5th
B Minor 7th
E Augmented 9th

All variations

Open
X–4–3–0–2–1
Fret 3
X–4–5–0–6–3
Fret 4
X–4–5–6–6–X
Fret 8
X–X–11–10–8–9

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys