# C♯m7, the C♯ minor 7 guitar chord

C♯m7 is the same Am7 grip as Bm7, up at the 4th fret. Coming from C♯m, lift the pinky off the G string and let it drop back onto the barre. That one change softens the chord. It sits in the keys of E and A, doing the work open Am7 does in G. The G string carries the seventh, so if it goes quiet you are back to plain C♯m. Check it rings before you count yourself done.

C♯m7

## How to play it

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

## Changes to practice

Holding C♯m7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice C♯m7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre Minor 7ths set:

- [C♯m7 ↔ Bm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-minor-7/) C♯ minor 7 to B minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min7.A~C%23.min7.A)
- [C♯m7 ↔ G♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-sharp-minor-7/) C♯ minor 7 to G♯ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.min7.A~G%23.min7.E)
- [C♯m7 ↔ Fm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-minor-7/) C♯ minor 7 to F minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.min7.A~F.min7.E)
- [C♯m7 ↔ F♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-minor-7/) C♯ minor 7 to F♯ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.min7.A~F%23.min7.E)
- [C♯m7 ↔ B♭m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-minor-7/) C♯ minor 7 to B♭ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.min7.A~C%23.min7.A)
- [C♯m7 ↔ E♭m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-minor-7/) C♯ minor 7 to E♭ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.min7.A~D%23.min7.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♯7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-7/), C♯ dominant 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♯m7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min7.A~C%23.min7.A)