Banjo C♯7 chord (Open D)C♯ seventh on the 5-string banjo: 3 2 2 3, and 5 more shapes

C#7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 3 2 2 3, first position, with the short 5th string marked
C#7 (C# seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 3 2 2 3, string 4 to string 1 (no root). 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: 3 2 2 3 (first position) · no root

  1. String 4 (D): 3rd fret, middle finger, E♯
  2. String 3 (F♯): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), G♯
  3. String 2 (A): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, ring finger, E♯
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

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

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

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More C♯7 shapes

  1. 4fr3214f♯G♯BC♯G♯6 5 4 6
    4fr · no 3rd
  2. 6fr1234f♯G♯C♯E♯B6 7 8 9
    6fr
  3. 9fr2341f♯C♯E♯G♯B11 11 11 9
    9fr
  4. 11fr1141f♯C♯E♯BC♯11 11 14 11
    11fr · no 5th
  5. 14fr2113f♯E♯G♯BE♯15 14 14 15
    14fr · no root

Other C♯ chords in Open D

C♯C♯mC♯7

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

C♯7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

All Open D banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app