Banjo C♯7 chord (C Tuning)C♯ seventh on the 5-string banjo: 1 1 0 3, and 5 more shapes

C#7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 1 1 0 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
C#7 (C# seventh) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 1 1 0 3, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 1 1 0 3 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): 1st fret, index finger (barre), C♯
  2. String 3 (G): 1st fret, index finger (barre), G♯
  3. String 2 (B): open, B
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, ring finger, E♯
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: C♯ G♯ B E♯  ·  C♯7 is C♯, E♯, G♯, B (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the G♯ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More C♯7 shapes

  1. 143gC♯BBE♯1 4 0 3
    open · no 5th
  2. 2fr4312gE♯BC♯E♯5 4 2 3
    2fr · no 5th
  3. 5fr123gE♯C♯BG♯5 6 0 6
    5fr
  4. 9fr3214gBE♯G♯C♯11 10 9 11
    9fr
  5. 12fr2314gC♯G♯BE♯13 13 12 15
    12fr

Other C♯ chords in C Tuning

C♯C♯mC♯7

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

C♯7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

All C Tuning banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app