x 4 6 4 5 4
C#m7
Notes: C# · E · G# · B
Also spelled Dbm7
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Extensions
Common shapes (2)
9 11 9 9 9 9
Other shapes (68)
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x 4 x 4 0 0
x 4 2 4 0 0
x 4 2 1 0 0
x 4 6 4 0 0
x 4 6 6 0 0
x 4 2 4 2 0
x 4 2 4 0 4
x x 11 9 0 0
x 4 2 1 0 4
x 4 x 4 5 0
x 4 6 4 5 0
x 4 2 4 5 0
About C#m7
C#m7 is built from four notes: C# (root), E (minor third), G# (perfect fifth) and B (minor seventh). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – b3 – 5 – b7. It is a minor seventh chord: it keeps the melancholy of the minor chord, but softer and closer to jazz.
C#m7 has 2 common voicings, based on the A and E shapes of the CAGED system. There are 68 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches. Another way to write C#m7 is Dbm7 (the same piano key, with a different name). C#m7 is the usual choice.