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

ma7addb13 in every key

More C# chords

More C# chords from Harmonic major