C#ma7addb13 Major 7th
The C#ma7addb13 chord is built from the notes C# – E# – G# – B# – A.
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Also known as
C#ma7addb15C#ma7b13C#maj7(b15)
Chord tones, one by one
C#Root
Root
The fundamental note the chord is built on — C#.
E#Third
Major third
Four semitones — makes the chord major (brighter, happier).
G#Fifth
Perfect fifth
Seven semitones — the most stable interval, reinforces the root.
B#Seventh
Major seventh
Eleven semitones — a lush, jazzy seventh just below the octave (maj7).
AExtension
Flat thirteenth (♭13)
A ♭13 — dark altered tension over a dominant chord.
🎼 Related scales
🎹 Modal analysis
This chord implies the Harmonic major scale; its characteristic note is the dark ♭6.
🎸 Genres
Jazz · Gospel · Classical

