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C♯ minor scale on guitar

C♯ minor has 7 notes: C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, B. Also called natural minor, Aeolian.

C♯ minor: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteC♯D♯EF♯G♯AB
Degree12♭345♭6♭7
Step2122122

C♯ minor on the whole neck

Every C♯ minor note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

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  • C♯ minor
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C♯ minor scale, degrees, frets 0 to 15b345b6b712b34b6b712b345b6b72b345b6b712b35b6b712b345b6b712b345b6b71b345b6b712b346E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • C♯ minor
Degrees

C♯ minor in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a C♯ falls on a string, with the notes its scale run fingers there.

C♯ minor, position 1, frets 2 to 645b6b712b345b6b712b345b66E25A24D33G32B31E423456
    Position 1: frets 2–6, 17 notes
    C♯ minor, position 2, frets 4 to 85b6b712b345b6b712b345b6b76E25A24D33G32B31E445678
      Position 2: frets 4–8, 17 notes
      C♯ minor, position 3, frets 6 to 10b712b345b6b712b345b6b716E25A24D33G32B31E4678910
        Position 3: frets 6–10, 16 notes
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        C♯ minor, position 4, frets 9 to 1312b345b6b712b345b6b712b36E25A24D33G32B31E4910111213
          Position 4: frets 9–13, 17 notes
          C♯ minor, position 5, frets 11 to 142b345b6b712b345b6b712b346E25A24D33G32B31E41112131415
            Position 5: frets 11–14, 17 notes

            Triads in C♯ minor

            DegreeChordPages
            1C♯mC♯ minor arpeggio
            2D♯dimD♯ diminished arpeggio
            ♭3EE major arpeggio
            4F♯mF♯ minor arpeggio
            5G♯mG♯ minor arpeggio
            ♭6AA major arpeggio
            ♭7BB major arpeggio

            Seventh chords in C♯ minor

            DegreeChordPages
            1C♯m7C♯m7 arpeggio · C♯m7 drop 2 · C♯m7 drop 3 · C♯m7 drop 2 and 4
            2D♯m7♭5D♯m7♭5 arpeggio · D♯m7♭5 drop 2 · D♯m7♭5 drop 3 · D♯m7♭5 drop 2 and 4
            ♭3Emaj7Emaj7 arpeggio · Emaj7 drop 2 · Emaj7 drop 3 · Emaj7 drop 2 and 4
            4F♯m7F♯m7 arpeggio · F♯m7 drop 2 · F♯m7 drop 3 · F♯m7 drop 2 and 4
            5G♯m7G♯m7 arpeggio · G♯m7 drop 2 · G♯m7 drop 3 · G♯m7 drop 2 and 4
            ♭6Amaj7Amaj7 arpeggio · Amaj7 drop 2 · Amaj7 drop 3 · Amaj7 drop 2 and 4
            ♭7B7B7 arpeggio · B7 drop 2 · B7 drop 3 · B7 drop 2 and 4

            Same notes, other names

            These scales use exactly the notes of C♯ minor, starting from another root.

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