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C#69 Piano 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Left hand C#3 fingers 5
Right hand E#4 · A#4 · D#5 fingers 1–3–5

How to play the C#69 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play C#3 with the left hand and E#4, A#4 and D#5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5 on the left and 1–3–5 on the right (1 is the thumb). The perfect fifth G# can usually be omitted from an extended chord, keeping the sound clear and the voicing manageable.

Other names for the C#69 chord

Other names: C#6/9, C# sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: C# 6/9 chord

Notes and intervals in the C#69 chord

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

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