Irish bouzouki C♯m chord (GDAE)C♯ minor: x 2 4 4, and 4 more shapes

C#m chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: x 2 4 4, open position
C#m (C# minor) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: x 2 4 4, low course to high (C#m/E). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: x 2 4 4 (open position) · C#m/E

  1. G course: not played
  2. D course: 2nd fret, index finger, E
  3. A course: 4th fret, ring finger (barre), C♯
  4. E course: 4th fret, ring finger (barre), G♯

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

Found in: A major (iii), E major (vi), B major (ii), E mixolydian (vi), B mixolydian (ii), B dorian (ii)

Open courses that ring: E is a note of C♯m, so it can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More C♯m shapes

  1. 4fr331C♯G♯C♯E6 6 4 0
    4fr
  2. 6fr112C♯G♯EE6 6 7 0
    6fr
  3. 9fr133EC♯G♯E9 11 11 0
    9fr · C#m/E
  4. 11fr11C♯G♯Ex 11 11 0
    11fr

C♯m in session keys

Other C♯ chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

D♭C♯mD♭7

Other minor chords

DmGmAmEmBmCmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mG♯m

C♯m in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app