C#m7 chord on guitar

C# minor 7th

132xEADGBe4
x46454Barre at fret 4

C#m7 is a minor 7th chord with four notes: C#, E, G# and B. Learn it first as a barre at fret 4, your index finger flat across five strings. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and one more way to play it.

Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.

How to play it

  1. Index flat across fret 4, from the A string to the high e
  2. Middle on the B string, fret 5
  3. Ring on the D string, fret 6

The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.

Strings to skip

Skip the low E string and strum from the A string down.

Shape
Barre at fret 4index finger across five strings at fret 4
Fingers
Threeindex, middle and ring
Strings played
FiveA, D, G, B and high e
Open strings
Noneevery played string is fretted
Lowest note
C#3the root, on the A string
Frets
x 4 6 4 5 4low E to high e, x means skip it

The notes in C#m7

  • C#root
  • Eminor third
  • G#perfect fifth
  • Bminor seventh

A minor 7th chord is a minor chord with a minor seventh added on top. E is the minor third, three frets above the root. G# is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. B is the minor seventh, ten frets above the root.

String by string

  1. high e string: G#4perfect fifth
  2. B string: E4minor third
  3. G string: B3minor seventh
  4. D string: G#3perfect fifth
  5. A string: C#3root
  6. low E string: not played

Every note of C#m7 is in this shape, some of them twice.

Another way to play it

  • EADGBe9Barre at fret 99 11 9 9 9 9Root on the low E string.

Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.

Open the chord detector, play C#m7 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.