C# maj13 in Drop D Tuning
Chord shapes voiced directly for alternate guitar tunings — not standard shapes forced onto the wrong strings. Every common chord across all 12 roots, with the tuning's open strings favored. Open any chord for its diagrams and exact frets.
Drop D tuning changes the guitar's open strings to D A D G B E, so C# maj13 needs its own grips — the voicings on this page are voiced directly for the tuning, ranked with the most complete, most open shape first.
Each diagram shows exact frets against the Drop D strings. Coming from standard tuning? Compare the familiar shapes at the standard-tuning C# maj13 page, or browse every other chord in this tuning from the Drop D chord library.