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A/C# Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play A Major Over C Sharp (Charts)

A/C# chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as a/c# chord, a/c# guitar chord and how to play A/C#.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

A/C# chord diagram, A/C# (open)A/C# A/C# (open): low E muted, A fret 4, D fret 2, G fret 2, B fret 2, high e open.×4123x 4 2 2 2 0
A/C# (open)
x 4 2 2 2 0
A/C# chord diagram, Barre (9th fret, C# in the bass)A/C# Barre (9th fret, C# in the bass): low E fret 9, A fret 12, D fret 11, G fret 9, B fret 10, high e fret 9.9fr14329 12 11 9 10 9
Barre (9th fret, C# in the bass)
9 12 11 9 10 9
A/C# chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionA/C# Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 6, B fret 5, high e fret 5.5fr×××312x x x 6 5 5
Easy 3-string version
x x x 6 5 5

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play A/C# (A major over C sharp) on guitar, play x 4 2 2 2 0 from the low E string to the high e string (the a/C# (open) shape). The chord contains A, C#, E. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 6 5 5, which needs 3 fretted notes.

A/C# chord facts

Chord A/C# (A major over C sharp)
Other names A first inversion
Notes A, C#, E
Intervals A (root), C# (major 3rd), E (perfect 5th)
Formula 1-3-5 over C#
Difficulty Beginner (easy version) to intermediate (full shape)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play A/C# on guitar?

The main shape is x 4 2 2 2 0 (A/C# (open)). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the D string at fret 2 (E, the perfect 5th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 2 (A, the root).