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C#69 Guitar Chord

A fresh, optimistic sound without a seventh. Popular in jazz, bossa nova and country. Often used as a final chord instead of a plain major or maj7.

Guitar

Strings X–4–1–3–2–1

How to play the C#69 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–1–3–2–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 4 · pinky
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the C#69 chord

Other names: C#6/9, C# sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: C# 6/9 chord

Notes and intervals in the C#69 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
E# Major 3rd
G# Perfect 5th
A# Major 6th
D# Major 9th

All variations

Open
X–4–1–3–2–1
Open
X–4–3–3–4–4
Fret 8
9–8–8–8–9–9
Fret 10
X–X–11–10–11–11

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys