C# Major (Db) – Alternating with F#
First contact with C# major (often written Db): just two barre chords, C# and F#, alternating — the tonic and subdominant, same principle as isolating F or B, applied to a key with no open chords at all.
Tips
F# sits at fret 2, C# at fret 4: the move is short, but the two shapes are different (F# is an F-shape, C# is a B-shape) — don't try to slide the same shape between the two.
Chord progression — C#
Bar 1
C#
Bar 2
F#
Bar 3
C#
Bar 4
F#
Chords
Related sheets
- Full round trip riff — A# minor (Level 3)
- Ending lick — F minor (Level 3)
- Rock in D (Drop D) — muted strums (Level 3)