About the C major seven sharp five chord
The C major seven sharp five chord is a C major seventh sharp five built from C, E, G sharp, B. You will most often meet it as the I+ chord in C Lydian Augmented.
Positions
(root position)
Notes and intervals
| 1 | C | Root |
| 2 | E | Major 3rd |
| 3 | G sharp | Augmented 5th |
| 4 | B | Major 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Keys that use C major seven sharp five
C major seven sharp five is diatonic to these keys, where it acts as the chord shown.
Other C chords
Simpler triads
Suspended
Sixths and sevenths
Extensions
Altered
Functional relationships
These chords are where this one most naturally comes from and resolves to inside a key.
Relative minor
The relative minor uses the same notes and key signature, so it works as a calmer, darker home base.
Parallel minor
The parallel minor keeps the same root note but lowers the third, giving the same key a darker, sadder sound.
Dominant
The dominant is a fifth above the root, and it builds tension that pulls strongly back to this chord.
Subdominant
The subdominant is a fourth above the root (a fifth below), and it usually leads on to the dominant or back home.
Tritone substitution
The tritone substitution stands in for this chord's dominant with a dominant seventh a half step above the root, which slides down by a half step to resolve here.
