What notes are in the C# 7no5 chord?

The C# 7no5 chord contains the notes C# · E# · B: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m 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# 7no5 chord?

Measured from C#, the C# 7no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m. 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# 7no5 chord?

On guitar the most common C# 7no5 shape is x43401, 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 · B3 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# 7no5 Chord (C#7no5): 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 · B3

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Anatomy

C# 7no5 (C#7no5) contains the notes C# · E# · B, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords

Inversions

An inversion of C# 7no5 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# 7no5 belongs to.

In which keys

C# 7no5 is diatonic to 3 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

F# minorV7no5Dominant
F# majorV7no5Dominant
D# minorVII7no5Subdominant

Scales that contain it

C# 7no5 fits inside these scales, each built on C#.

C# MixolydianC# · D# · E# · F# · G# · A# · B
C# Phrygian DominantC# · D · E# · F# · G# · A · B
C# Mixolydian PentatonicC# · E# · F# · G# · B
C# Neapolitan Major PentatonicC# · E# · F# · G · B
C# Whole Tone PentatonicC# · E# · G · A · B
C# Super Locrian PentatonicC# · E · F · G · B
C# Mystery #1C# · D · E# · G · A · B
C# Locrian MajorC# · D# · E# · F# · G · A · B

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with C# 7no5: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Richer

C#7C# · E# · G# · B
C#alt7C# · E# · B · D
C#9C# · E# · G# · B · D#
C#7b9C# · E# · G# · B · D
C#13C# · E# · G# · B · D# · A#
C#7b13C# · E# · B · A

Common substitutions

G7no5G · B · F
G7no5 shares the third and seventh of C#7no5 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#7no5 in a ii–V.

7no5 on every root

C7no5 Db7no5 D7no5 Eb7no5 E7no5 F7no5 F#7no5 Gb7no5 G7no5 G#7no5 Ab7no5 A7no5 Bb7no5 B7no5

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Understanding the C# 7no5 chord

Names and symbols

C#7no5 is the chord symbol for C# 7no5.

C# 7no5 and Db 7no5 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Db 7no5

Common questions

What notes are in the C# 7no5 chord?: The C# 7no5 chord contains the notes C# · E# · B: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m 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# 7no5 chord?: Measured from C#, the C# 7no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m. 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# 7no5 chord?: On guitar the most common C# 7no5 shape is x43401, 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 · B3 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.