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C#mmaj9 Guitar Chord

A rare, complex chord combining a minor mood with a bright major seventh and ninth. Found in jazz ballads. On guitar, the fifth is omitted.

Guitar

Strings X–4–1–1–1–0

How to play the C#mmaj9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–1–1–1–0 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) Open

Other names for the C#mmaj9 chord

Other names: C# minor major 9th

Music theory name: minor major ninth chord

Common name: C# minor major ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the C#mmaj9 chord

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

All variations

Open
X–4–1–1–1–0
Fret 2
X–4–2–5–4–0
Fret 4
4–4–6–5–4–0
Fret 9
9–11–10–9–9–11

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys