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C#add9 Guitar Chord

A fresh major chord sound enriched with a ninth, but without the seventh. Popular in pop and indie rock. Unlike the full ninth chord (9), it contains no seventh tension.

Guitar

Strings X–4–3–1–4–1

How to play the C#add9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–3–1–4–1 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 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · pinky
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the C#add9 chord

Other names: C# added 9th

Music theory name: added ninth chord

Common name: C# add9 chord

Notes and intervals in the C#add9 chord

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

All variations

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

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using C#add9

City In The City
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