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C# dominant seventh arpeggio for guitar (C#7)

Notes, positions, and fretboard fingerings for the C# dominant seventh arpeggio (C#7): C# · F · G# · B.

Instrument
Root
Chord
Triads
Sevenths
Position (CAGED)
Frets15
1224
Chord
C#7
C#FG#B
E
B
G
D
A
E
FG#BC#FBC#FG#BC#G#BC#FG#FG#BC#FBC#FG#BFG#BC#F35791512
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Legend

C#
Root
· R
F
Third
· 3
G#
Fifth
· 5
B
Seventh
· ♭7

Arpeggio sheet

C#7
Formula (degrees)
R 3 5 ♭7
Notes in key
C# F G# B
Typical use
Over the dominant chord (V7).

C# dominant seventh

The C# dominant seventh arpeggio is made up of: C# · F · G# · B.

The dominant seventh arpeggio: major triad plus minor seventh, the defining sound of the V degree that pulls toward resolution on the tonic.