C♯ tritone dyad · Open position
C♯–G guitar chord
Best match1Exact match
Famous chords4
A13♯11 · Scriabin
F♯7♭9♯11 · Stravinsky · nearest shape for the hand
D♭(1 3 11 ♭5 ♭7 7) · Messiaen · nearest shape for the hand
How to play C♯–G on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 4th fret. Let the G string ring open. Don’t play the low E, D, B and high E strings.
From the low E string x 4 x 0 x x (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in C♯–G?
C♯–G, C♯ tritone dyad, is C♯ and G: the root (C♯) and the diminished fifth (G). Its formula is 1 ♭5.
More C♯ chords on guitar
D♭brightC♯msadC♯7the pullD♭maj7dreamyC♯m7mellowC♯sus2openC♯sus4openD♭add9sweetC♯dimthe edgeD♭auguneasyD♭6sweetC♯m6bittersweetC♯9the pullC♯7sus4openC♯5rawC♯m7♭5the edgeC♯dim7the edgeEvery C♯ chord ›
Tritone dyad chords in every key
C–G♭two notesD–A♭two notesE♭–Atwo notesE–B♭two notesF–Btwo notesF♯–Ctwo notesG–D♭two notesA♭–Dtwo notesA–E♭two notesB♭–Etwo notesB–Ftwo notes