CHORD REFERENCE

C♯ Power Chord

C♯ – G♯1 5

Also written D♭5 — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The C♯ Power Chord 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♯5

C♯5 is C#, G# — the 1 and 5 above the root C♯.

Piano
C♯G♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eG♯C♯BC♯G♯GG♯C♯DG♯C♯AC♯G♯EG♯C♯

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)

357912AC♯G♯EG♯C♯CC♯G♯GG♯C♯

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

In which keys

A power chord has no 3rd, so it fits both the major and the minor key on C♯ — that ambiguity is exactly why it works under a distorted guitar.

Other C♯ chords

Triads

C♯MajorC♯mMinorC♯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♯11Dominant 11thC♯13Dominant 13th
Power Chord on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

Work out the chords of a whole key with the Scale & Chord Finder, name a chord from its notes with the Chord Identifier, or browse every chord tool. The theory behind how chords are built is in the free Cloud Atelier music guides.