What notes are in the C# mMaj7b6 chord?

The C# mMaj7b6 chord contains the notes C# · E · G# · A · B#: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6m, 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# mMaj7b6 chord?

Measured from C#, the C# mMaj7b6 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6m, 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# mMaj7b6 chord?

On guitar the most common C# mMaj7b6 shape is x42210, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · E3 · G#3 · A3 · B#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# MMaj7b6 Chord (C#mMaj7b6): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	C#3 · E3 · G#3 · A3 · B#4
Open (drop 2)	A2 · C#3 · E3 · G#3 · B#4
Shell	C#3 · E3 · B#4
Rootless	E3 · A3 · B#4

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Anatomy

C# mMaj7b6 (C#mMaj7b6) contains the notes C# · E · G# · A · 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# mMaj7b6 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# mMaj7b6 belongs to.

In which keys

C# mMaj7b6 is diatonic to 1 key; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

C# minoriMaj7b6Tonic

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

Scales that contain it

C# mMaj7b6 fits inside these scales, each built on C#.

C# Harmonic MinorC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A · B#
C# BalineseC# · D · E · F# · G# · A · B#
C# Minor BebopC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A · B · B#
C# Minor Six DiminishedC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A · A# · B#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with C# mMaj7b6: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

C#mMaj7C# · E · G# · B#
C#mb6M7C# · E · A · B#
C#mC# · E · G#
C#5C# · G#

Richer

C#mMaj9b6C# · E · G# · A · B# · D#

mMaj7b6 on every root

CmMaj7b6 DmMaj7b6 EbmMaj7b6 EmMaj7b6 FmMaj7b6 F#mMaj7b6 GmMaj7b6 AbmMaj7b6 AmMaj7b6 BbmMaj7b6 BmMaj7b6

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Understanding the C# mMaj7b6 chord

Names and symbols

C#mMaj7b6 is the chord symbol for C# mMaj7b6.

mMaj7, m/maj7, mΔ7, −Δ7 and mM7 all mean the minor-major seventh: a minor triad with a major seventh. Every spelling tries to say both qualities at once.

Common questions

What notes are in the C# mMaj7b6 chord?: The C# mMaj7b6 chord contains the notes C# · E · G# · A · B#: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6m, 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# mMaj7b6 chord?: Measured from C#, the C# mMaj7b6 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6m, 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# mMaj7b6 chord?: On guitar the most common C# mMaj7b6 shape is x42210, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · E3 · G#3 · A3 · B#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.