Mandolin C♯m chordC♯ minor: 1 2 4 0, and 5 more shapes

C#m chord chart for mandolin in GDAE tuning: 1 2 4 0, open position
C#m (C# minor) on the mandolin, GDAE: 1 2 4 0, low course to high (C#m/G#). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 1 2 4 0 (open position) · C#m/G#

  1. G course: 1st fret, index finger, G♯
  2. D course: 2nd fret, middle finger, E
  3. A course: 4th fret, little finger, C♯
  4. E course: open, E

Sounds: G♯ E C♯ E  ·  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.

Hear it in the app ›

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

More C♯m shapes

  1. 2fr4123C♯EC♯G♯6 2 4 4
    2fr
  2. 4fr331C♯G♯C♯E6 6 4 0
    4fr
  3. 6fr112C♯G♯EE6 6 7 0
    6fr
  4. 9fr133EC♯G♯E9 11 11 0
    9fr · C#m/E
  5. 11fr11C♯G♯Ex 11 11 0
    11fr

C♯m in session keys

Other C♯ chords, Mandolin GDAE

D♭C♯mD♭7

Other minor chords

DmGmAmEmBmCmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mG♯m

C♯m in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADAD

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