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How to Play the C# / D Flat Minor Chord on Guitar

C# / D Flat Minor Chord Overview

Notes

C#-E-G#

Interval Build & Degrees

I-♭III-V (Root, Minor Third, and Perfect Fifth)

Tab

X-4-6-6-5-4 (X-C#-G#-C#-E-G#)

C# / D Flat Minor Step by Step Instructions

Here is how you play C# / D Flat Minor:

1. Barre your index finger across the fourth fret starting at the fifth string
2. Place your ring finger on the sixth fret of the fourth string (G#)
3. Place your pinky on the sixth fret of the third string (C#)
4. Place your middle finger on the fifth fret of the second string (E)
5. Strum from the fifth string down

Common C# / D Flat Minor Voicings on Guitar

C# / D Flat Minor (6th string root)

9-11-11-9-9-9

C# / D Flat Minor Using 4th String as the Root

X-X-11-11-9-9

C# / D Flat Minor First Inversion

X-X-X-9-9-9 (E as the root)

C# / D Flat Minor Second Inversion

X-X-X-1-2-0 (G# as the root)

Famous Songs That Use the C# / D Flat Minor Chord

  • Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
  • Every Breath You Take by The Police
  • Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
  • Rolling in the Deep by Adele
  • Message in a Bottle by The Police

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