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C69 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–3–2–2–3–3

How to play the C69 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–3–2–2–3–3 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · little finger

Notation for C69 chord

Other names: C 6/9, C sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: C 6/9 chord

Intervals and tones in C69 chord

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

All Variations

Open
X–3–2–2–3–3
Fret 3
X–3–0–0–5–5
Fret 7
8–7–7–7–8–8
Fret 9
X–10–10–9–10–10

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using C69

Moon river
Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer
Lovec v pasti na mědvědy
Nedivoč
Keď muž miluje ženu
Robo Opatovský