7th Chords

C# Dominant 7th chord

A major triad plus a minor seventh. The tritone inside it creates the pull that resolves to the tonic — the engine of blues and jazz cadences.

Instrument

Notes in C# Dominant 7th

Notes and intervals of the C# Dominant 7th chord
Note	Interval	Semitones from root
C#	Root	0
F	Major 3rd	4
G#	Perfect 5th	7
B	Minor 7th	10

Formula: 0–4–7–10 semitones above the root. Move the whole shape up or down and you get the same chord in another key — that is why Dominant 7th chords sound alike no matter where they start.

Other chords on C#

C# Major C# Minor C# Diminished C# Augmented C# Major 7th C# Minor 7th C# Diminished 7th C# Half-Diminished 7th

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