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Cmadd9 Guitar Chord

A minor chord with an added ninth but no seventh. An emotive, "cinematic" sound. Found in progressive rock, soundtracks and modern pop.

Guitar

Strings X–3–1–0–3–3

How to play the Cmadd9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–3–1–0–3–3 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) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 3 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Open
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · pinky

Other names for the Cmadd9 chord

Other names: C minor added 9th

Music theory name: minor added ninth chord

Common name: C minor add9 chord

Notes and intervals in the Cmadd9 chord

Note Interval
C Root
Eb Minor 3rd
G Perfect 5th
D Major 9th

All variations

Open
X–3–1–0–3–3
Fret 3
X–3–0–5–4–3
Fret 6
8–6–0–7–8–8
Fret 8
X–X–10–8–8–10

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Cmadd9

Stay (I Missed You)
Lisa Loeb