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C# Diminished chord (C#dim)

C#dim · Piano chord

1C#4b3E4b5G4
C3C4b3b5C51

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Notes

C# – E – G

Formula

1 – b3 – b5

Try next

Dbdim7 · RicherDbm7b5 · SiblingD · Resolves toDm · Resolves toA7 · Same notes (rootless)

About C#dim

The C#dim chord sounds tense, unstable, and yearning for resolution. Its notes are C#, E, G.

All C# chords (52)

Triads

C# — MajorC#m — MinorC#aug — AugmentedC#sus2 — Suspended 2ndC#sus4 — Suspended 4thC#5 — Power Chord

7ths

C#7 — Dominant 7thC#maj7 — Major 7thC#m7 — Minor 7thC#dim7 — Diminished 7thC#m7b5 — Half-Diminished 7thC#6 — Major 6thC#m6 — Minor 6thC#7sus4 — Dominant 7th Sus4C#7sus2 — Dominant 7th Sus2

Extended

C#9 — Dominant 9thC#maj9 — Major 9thC#m9 — Minor 9thC#add9 — Add 9C#add2 — Add 2C#add#11 — Add Sharp 11C#11 — Dominant 11thC#13 — Dominant 13thC#6/9 — 6/9C#maj13 — Major 13thC#m(add2) — Minor Add 2C#m(add9) — Minor Add 9C#m(add11) — Minor Add 11C#mMaj7 — Minor Major 7thC#m11 — Minor 11thC#m13 — Minor 13thC#m6/9 — Minor 6/9C#7#11 — Dominant 7th Sharp 11C#9#11 — Dominant 9th Sharp 11C#13#11 — Dominant 13th Sharp 11C#9sus4 — Dominant 9th Sus4C#maj7#11 — Major 7th Sharp 11C#maj9#11 — Major 9th Sharp 11C#mMaj9 — Minor Major 9th

Altered

C#7#9 — Dominant 7th Sharp 9C#7b9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9C#7#5 — Dominant 7th Sharp 5C#7b5 — Dominant 7th Flat 5C#7alt — Altered DominantC#7#9#5 — Dominant 7th #9 #5C#7b9b5 — Dominant 7th b9 b5C#7#9b5 — Dominant 7th #9 b5C#13b9 — Dominant 13th Flat 9C#7b13 — Dominant 7th Flat 13C#aug7 — Augmented 7thC#dim(maj7) — Diminished Major 7thC#augMaj7 — Augmented Major 7th