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C#maj9 Guitar Chord

A dreamy, lush sound. Popular in jazz, neo-soul and film music. On guitar, the fifth is often omitted to make room for the ninth and major seventh.

Guitar

Strings X–4–1–1–1–1

How to play the C#maj9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–1–1–1–1 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 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the C#maj9 chord

Other names: C# major 9th

Music theory name: major ninth chord

Common name: C# major ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the C#maj9 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
E# Major 3rd
G# Perfect 5th
B# Major 7th
D# Major 9th

All variations

Open
X–4–1–1–1–1
Fret 3
X–4–3–5–4–X
Fret 8
9–8–10–8–9–8
Fret 10
X–X–11–10–13–11

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys