# C♯, the C♯ major guitar chord

C♯ is the B grip slid up two frets: the index barres five strings at the 4th fret, the ring finger frets the three middle strings two frets above, and the low E stays out of the strum. Songs in F♯ lean on C♯ the way songs in B lean on F♯, and pop songs love to jump into it for a final chorus. The crowded ring finger tends to lean over and choke the high E string. If that string dies, let it go and keep the middle three clean.

C♯

## How to play it

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

## Changes to practice

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

- [C♯ ↔ E♭](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-major/) C♯ major to E♭ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj.A~D%23.maj.A)
- [C♯ ↔ A♭](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-major/) C♯ major to A♭ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj.A~G%23.maj.E)
- [C♯ ↔ G♯m](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-sharp-minor/) C♯ major to G♯ minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj.A~G%23.min.E)
- [C♯ ↔ F♯](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-major/) C♯ major to F♯ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj.A~F%23.maj.E)
- [C♯ ↔ E♭m](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-minor/) C♯ major to E♭ minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj.A~D%23.min.A)
- [C♯ ↔ B♭m](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-minor/) C♯ major to B♭ minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.min.A~C%23.maj.A)
- [C♯ ↔ Fm](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-minor/) C♯ major to F minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj.A~F.min.E)

## Same root, different color

- [C♯m](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-minor/), C♯ minor
- [C♯7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-7/), C♯ dominant 7
- [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♯ in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj.A~D%23.maj.A)