Intermediate
C#m7 Guitar Chord
A soulful minor seventh chord. C#m7 is perfect for R&B and contemporary soul music.
Also known as
- C#-7
- Dbm7
- Db-7
- C# m7
- C# -7
- Db m7
- Db -7
- C#min7
- Dbmin7
- C# min7
- Db min7
- D-flatm7
- D-flat-7
- C-sharpm7
- C-sharp-7
- D-flat m7
- D-flat -7
- C-sharp m7
- C-sharp -7
- D-flatmin7
- C-sharpmin7
- D-flat min7
- C-sharp min7
- C# minor 7th
- Db minor 7th
- C# minor seventh
- Db minor seventh
- D-flat minor 7th
- C-sharp minor 7th
- D-flat minor seventh
- C-sharp minor seventh
How to Play This Chord
Position your fingers on the fretboard as shown in the diagram. The vertical lines represent the strings, from low E (left) to high E (right), and the horizontal lines are the frets. Numbers inside the dots indicate which finger to use: 1 (index), 2 (middle), 3 (ring), 4 (pinky). An X means don't play that string; an O means play it open. A bar spanning multiple strings means one finger presses across all of them at once — this is known as a barre chord.
Tips & Tricks
The 4th-fret Am7 barre shape is the go-to voicing here. It's one of the more forgiving barre chord shapes since you don't need to fret every string with full pressure. Common in R&B and neo-soul progressions.