About the C#m chord
C#m is a C# minor chord built from C#, E, G#. Soft and melancholic: the emotional counterpart to major. Adds depth and longing.
Root
C#
Quality
Minor
Chord tones
C# E G#
Shapes
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Notes & intervals
Every minor chord stacks the same intervals on its root. In C#m, that gives you:
C#
root1
Home base. The root names the chord, and every other note is measured from it.
E
minor third♭3
The minor third is where the melancholy lives: it turns the chord dark and tender.
G#
perfect fifth5
The fifth adds weight and strength behind the root.
C#m appears naturally in the keys of E major, A major, B major.
Used in genres
Minor chords show up all over the progression catalog, most of all in these styles:
Character & mood
MelancholicSoft and melancholic: the emotional counterpart to major. Adds depth and longing.