CHORD REFERENCE

C♯11

C♯ – G♯ – B – D♯ – F♯1 5 b7 9 11

Also written D♭11 — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The C♯ Dominant 11th chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
C♯1G♯5Bb7D♯9F♯11

C♯11 is C#, G#, B, D#, F# — the 1, 5, b7, 9 and 11 above the root C♯.

Piano
BC♯G♯D♯F♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♯G♯BC♯D♯BBC♯D♯F♯G♯BGG♯BC♯D♯F♯DD♯F♯G♯BC♯ABC♯D♯F♯G♯EF♯G♯BC♯D♯

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912ABC♯D♯F♯G♯EF♯G♯BC♯D♯CC♯D♯F♯G♯BGG♯BC♯D♯F♯

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only C#, G#, B, D#, F# plays the chord.

In which keys

C♯11 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

viE majorVF♯ majoriiB majoriC♯ minor♭VIIE♭ minorivA♭ minor
Other C♯ chords

Triads

C♯MajorC♯mMinorC♯5Power Chord (5)C♯dimDiminishedC♯augAugmentedC♯sus2Suspended 2ndC♯sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

C♯6Major 6thC♯m6Minor 6thC♯7Dominant 7thC♯maj7Major 7thC♯m7Minor 7thC♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thC♯dim7Diminished 7thC♯m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)C♯7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

C♯7♭57♭5C♯7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)C♯7♭97♭9C♯7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

C♯add9Added 9thC♯6/96/9C♯9Dominant 9thC♯maj9Major 9thC♯m9Minor 9thC♯13Dominant 13th
Dominant 11th on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

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