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Fig. 1 · C#m on the keyboard

piano chord

C♯m

C♯1E♭3G♯5

The major triad with its third lowered by a half step.

Written the other way round it is D♭m — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

C♯m is C♯, E and G♯ — 1, b3 and 5 counted from C♯.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

C♯ in other shapes

C♯majorC♯dimdiminishedC♯augaugmentedC♯5power chordC♯sus2suspended secondC♯sus4suspended fourth

CmDmD♯mE♭mEmFmF♯mG♭mall 374