C♯m7 ukulele chord

Mellow and smooth. Softer than a plain minor chord, and the backbone of soul, funk, and jazz comping.

C♯ minor 7th · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes

How to Play C♯m7 on Ukulele

The easiest shape is 1102: G string 1st fret · C string 1st fret · E string open · A string 2nd fret.

C#m7 ukulele chord, Open position

Open position

1 1 0 2

C#m7 ukulele chord, Barre at fret 4

Barre at fret 4

4 4 4 4

C#m7 ukulele chord, Barre at fret 99

Barre at fret 9

9 11 9 11

Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.

Notes in C♯m7

C♯
root
E
♭3rd
G♯
5th
B
♭7th

A ukulele has four strings, so a 4-note chord uses every string for a different note — there is nothing left to double. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.

Songs and Keys That Use C♯m7

C♯m7 belongs to 3 major keys: E major (as the vi chord), A major (as the iii chord) and B major (as the ii chord).

  • vi – IV – I – V — the pop-punk staple
  • I – V – vi – IV — the most common progression in pop
  • I – iii – IV – V — a bright, lifting movement

C♯m7 on Other Instruments

  • Guitar: see the C♯m7 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
  • Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 2424. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.
  • Same notes: C♯m7 contains exactly the notes of E6, so one shape plays both.

Tune first

A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.

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