C# Major
C#
chordAt a Glance
- Formula:
- C# major
- Notes:
- C#, F, G#
Piano
Fretboard
What It Is
Root, major third, perfect fifth - the most consonant, stable triad in Western music. Notes: C#, E#, G#.
How It Functions
Typically the tonic chord in a major key; sounds resolved and stable.
Appears In These Progressions
- Primary (Cadential) Progression
- as I in C# Major
- as V in F# Major
- as IV in G# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Jazz Turnaround (ii-V-I)
- as I in C# Major
- as V in F# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Pop Progression (I-V-vi-IV)
- as I in C# Major
- as V in F# Major
- as IV in G# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Pop Progression, Alternate Rotation (vi-IV-I-V)
- as I in C# Major
- as V in F# Major
- as IV in G# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- 50s Progression (I-vi-IV-V)
- as I in C# Major
- as V in F# Major
- as IV in G# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- 12-Bar Blues
- as I in C# Major
- as V in F# Major
- as IV in G# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Extended Jazz Turnaround
- as I in C# Major
- as V in F# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Pop Progression, Alternate Rotation (I-IV-vi-V)
- as I in C# Major
- as V in F# Major
- as IV in G# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Authentic Cadence
- as I in C# Major
- as V in F# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Plagal Cadence
- as I in C# Major
- as IV in G# Major
- Half Cadence
- as I in C# Major
- as V in F# Major
- as IV in G# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Deceptive Cadence
- as V in F# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Harmonic Minor Cadential Progression (i-iv-V)
- as V in F# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Andalusian Cadence (i-VII-VI-V)
- as V in F# Major
- as VII in D# Minor
- as VI in F Minor
- as V in F# Minor
- Authentic Cadence (Minor Key)
- as V in F# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Deceptive Cadence (Minor Key)
- as V in F# Major
- as VI in F Minor
- as V in F# Minor
- Half Cadence (Minor Key)
- as V in F# Major
- as V in F# Minor
- Natural Minor Loop (i-VI-III-VII)
- as VII in D# Minor
- as VI in F Minor
- as III in A# Minor
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