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C♯ major guitar shapes

Popular fretboard positions with fingering suggestions

Showing 8 of 35 playable shapes

About the chord

C♯ major guitar chord

The C♯ major major chord, built from the root (C♯ major), major third E♯, and perfect fifth G♯, delivers a bright, harmonious sound that feels resolved and complete. Its balanced structure makes it the foundation of Western harmony, widely used across all genres to convey joy, strength, and stability.

Root note: C♯
Quality: major
Chord tones: 3
Playable shapes: 35

Chord tones

C♯E♯G♯

Notes & Intervals

Each note below shows how the chord is built from its root. This is the theory layer underneath the fretboard shapes.

C♯ Unison (Root) 1

The root anchors the chord and defines its tonal center.

E♯ Major Third 3

This note defines the chord's major quality and brings brightness to the sound.

G♯ Perfect Fifth 5

The fifth reinforces stability and gives the chord its strong harmonic frame.

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