C# Minor Chord on Mandola
How to play the C# Minor chord on Mandola: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The C# Minor chord is a darker, melancholic minor triad that anchors countless songs. It is built from the notes C#, E, G#. This page shows how to play C# Minor on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 1 and spans 4 frets, with no open strings in it. C# falls on the C string. It sounds from C#3 up to C#5.
Mandola is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on C# or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.