What notes are in the C# madd4 chord?

The C# madd4 chord contains the notes C# · E · F# · G#: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P 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# madd4 chord?

Measured from C#, the C# madd4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P. 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# madd4 chord?

On guitar the most common C# madd4 shape is x42122, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · E3 · F#3 · G#3 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# Madd4 Chord (C#madd4): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	C#3 · E3 · F#3 · G#3
Open (drop 2)	F#2 · C#3 · E3 · G#3

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

C# madd4 (C#madd4) contains the notes C# · E · F# · G#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built

Inversions

An inversion of C# madd4 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# madd4 belongs to.

In which keys

C# madd4 is diatonic to 6 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

A majoriiiadd4Tonic
F# minorvadd4Dominant
E majorviadd4Tonic
C# minoriadd4Tonic
B majoriiadd4Subdominant
G# minorivadd4Subdominant

Scales that contain it

C# madd4 fits inside these scales, each built on C#.

C# Minor PentatonicC# · E · F# · G# · B
C# Minor BluesC# · E · F# · G · G# · B
C# MinorC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A · B
C# Melodic MinorC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# · B#
C# Harmonic MinorC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A · B#
C# DorianC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# · B
C# PhrygianC# · D · E · F# · G# · A · B
C# Vietnamese 1C# · E · F# · G# · A

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with C# madd4: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

C#sus4C# · F# · G#
C#mC# · E · G#
C#5C# · G#

Richer

C#m11C# · E · G# · B · D# · F#
C#m7add11C# · E · G# · B · F#

madd4 on every root

Cmadd4 Dbmadd4 Dmadd4 D#madd4 Ebmadd4 Emadd4 Fmadd4 F#madd4 Gmadd4 G#madd4 Abmadd4 Amadd4 A#madd4 Bbmadd4 Bmadd4

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Understanding the C# madd4 chord

Names and symbols

C#madd4 is the chord symbol for C# madd4.

C# madd4 and Db madd4 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Db madd4

Common questions

What notes are in the C# madd4 chord?: The C# madd4 chord contains the notes C# · E · F# · G#: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P 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# madd4 chord?: Measured from C#, the C# madd4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P. 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# madd4 chord?: On guitar the most common C# madd4 shape is x42122, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · E3 · F#3 · G#3 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.