C# m(maj7) Chord on Octave Mandolin
How to play the C# m(maj7) chord on Octave Mandolin: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The C# m(maj7) chord is a minor/major seventh — a tense, cinematic minor chord with a natural seventh. It is built from the notes C#, E, G#, C. This page shows how to play C# m(maj7) on Octave Mandolin with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The E string ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 2 over a 5-fret stretch. C# falls on the G string. It sounds from C#3 up to E4.
Octave Mandolin 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.