# C♯7, the C♯ dominant 7 guitar chord

C♯7 is the same grip at the 4th fret, two frets below E♭7 and two above B7. It pulls toward F♯, and it has a second job in the key of A, where it swings a song over to F♯ minor with a lift you’ll know from plenty of folk and pop. Coming from C♯, the ring finger narrows to the D string, the pinky takes the B string, and the G string falls onto the barre. That G string is the note that makes the chord a seventh. If it goes quiet, you’re playing plain C♯, so pick it by itself before you strum.

C♯7

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the A string (5th), G string (3rd) and high E string (1st), 4th fret.
- Ring finger on the D string (4th), 6th fret.
- Pinky on the B string (2nd), 6th fret.
- Don't strum the low E string (6th). It stays silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding C♯7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice C♯7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre 7ths set:

- [C♯7 ↔ B7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-7/) C♯ dominant 7 to B dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.7.A~C%23.7.A)
- [C♯7 ↔ F7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-7/) C♯ dominant 7 to F dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.7.A~F.7.E)
- [C♯7 ↔ B♭7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-7/) C♯ dominant 7 to B♭ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.7.A~C%23.7.A)
- [C♯7 ↔ F♯7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-7/) C♯ dominant 7 to F♯ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.7.A~F%23.7.E)
- [C♯7 ↔ A♭7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-7/) C♯ dominant 7 to A♭ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.7.A~G%23.7.E)
- [C♯7 ↔ E♭7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-7/) C♯ dominant 7 to E♭ dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.7.A~D%23.7.A)

## Same root, different color

- [C♯m](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-minor/), C♯ minor
- [C♯](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-major/), C♯ major
- [C♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-minor-7/), C♯ minor 7
- [C♯maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-major-7/), C♯ major 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill C♯7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.7.A~C%23.7.A)