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Chord

C# Major 7

  • C#maj7
  • C#M7
  • C#major7
  • C#Δ7
  • C#Δ
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Notes and intervals
C#M3E#m3G#M3B#

C# Major 7, written C#maj7, is built from C#, E#, G# and B#: the root, major 3rd, 5th and major 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, E# and B#, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

In the progressions here, C#maj7 is the IIImaj7 of the Coltrane Changes in A.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    C# Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  2. Mode of Major

    C# Lydian

  3. Mode of Major Bebop

    C# Major Bebop

    The major bebop scale adds a #5 passing tone to the major scale, so that a run of eight...

Voicings All 14