What notes are in the C# 7add6 chord?

The C# 7add6 chord contains the notes C# · E# · G# · B · A#: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7m, 13M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally C#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the C# 7add6 chord?

Measured from C#, the C# 7add6 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7m, 13M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the C# 7add6 chord?

On guitar the most common C# 7add6 shape is x43304, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · E#3 · G#3 · B3 · A#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

C# 7add6 Chord (C#7add6): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	C#3 · E#3 · G#3 · B3 · A#4
Open (drop 2)	B2 · C#3 · E#3 · G#3 · A#4
Shell	C#3 · E#3 · B3
Rootless	E#3 · B3 · A#4

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Anatomy

C# 7add6 (C#7add6) contains the notes C# · E# · G# · B · A#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of C# 7add6 puts a chord tone other than C# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales C# 7add6 belongs to.

In which keys

C# 7add6 is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

F# majorV7add6Dominant
D# minorVII7add6Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

C# 7add6 fits inside these scales, each built on C#.

C# MixolydianC# · D# · E# · F# · G# · A# · B
C# BebopC# · D# · E# · F# · G# · A# · B · B#
C# Bebop MinorC# · D# · E · E# · F# · G# · A# · B
C# Kafi RagaC# · E · E# · F# · G# · A# · B · B#
C# Composite BluesC# · D# · E · E# · F# · G · G# · A# · B

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with C# 7add6: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

C#7C# · E# · G# · B
C#6C# · E# · G# · A#
C#C# · E# · G#
C#7no5C# · E# · B
C#5C# · G#

Richer

C#13C# · E# · G# · B · D# · A#
C#13b9C# · E# · G# · B · D · A#

Common substitutions

G7add6G · B · D · F · E
G7add6 shares the third and seventh of C#7add6 a tritone away, so it can replace it as a dominant.
G#m7G# · B · D# · F#
G#m7 is the ii chord that leads into C#7add6 in a ii–V.

7add6 on every root

C7add6 Db7add6 D7add6 Eb7add6 E7add6 F7add6 F#7add6 Gb7add6 G7add6 G#7add6 Ab7add6 A7add6 Bb7add6 B7add6

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Understanding the C# 7add6 chord

Names and symbols

C#7add6 is the chord symbol for C# 7add6; it is also written C#67, C#7add13.

C# 7add6 and Db 7add6 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Db 7add6

Common questions

What notes are in the C# 7add6 chord?: The C# 7add6 chord contains the notes C# · E# · G# · B · A#: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7m, 13M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally C#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the C# 7add6 chord?: Measured from C#, the C# 7add6 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7m, 13M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the C# 7add6 chord?: On guitar the most common C# 7add6 shape is x43304, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · E#3 · G#3 · B3 · A#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.