C♯ minor has 4 sharps (F♯ C♯ G♯ D♯). Its seven chords are C♯m, D♯°, E, F♯m, G♯m, A, B. It's the relative minor of E major: the same notes and chords, with C♯m as home.
On the wheel, the minor key's i, iv and v sit together on the inner ring with ♭III, ♭VI and ♭VII right above them. Tap any key on the wheel to go to its page.
Open C♯ minor in the interactive wheel| Number | Chord | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| i | C♯m | C♯m7 |
| ii° | D♯° | D♯m7♭5 |
| ♭III | E | Emaj7 |
| iv | F♯m | F♯m7 |
| v | G♯m | G♯m7 |
| ♭VI | A | Amaj7 |
| ♭VII | B | B7 |
The major V pulls home harder than the minor v (House of the Rising Sun, Hotel California). The major IV is the Dorian sound (Oye Como Va, Get Lucky). Ending on a major I is the old "Picardy" trick.
The same slot on the wheel with a different flavour. Sus chords swap the 3rd for the 2nd or 4th and like to resolve back to the plain chord (C♯sus4 → C♯m). add9 adds the 2nd on top of the full chord. These are the common ones whose notes all stay in the key (here: C♯sus2, C♯sus4, Eadd9); the small label is the slot they sit in.
C♯ natural minor: C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A B. The key's seven chords are built from these notes; the borrowed and secondary chords above bring in notes from outside it.
The seven chords in C# minor are C#m, D#°, E, F#m, G#m, A, B. As 7th chords: C#m7, D#m7b5, Emaj7, F#m7, G#m7, Amaj7, B7.
C# minor has 4 sharps (F# C# G# D#).
E major. It uses exactly the same notes and chords; only the home chord changes.
i bVI bIII bVII: C#m A E B; i iv v: C#m F#m G#m; i bVII bVI V: C#m B A G#.