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C#add9 Piano Chord

A fresh major chord sound enriched with a ninth, but without the seventh. Popular in pop and indie rock. Unlike the full ninth chord (9), it contains no seventh tension.

Piano

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

How to play the C#add9 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play C#3 and G#3 with the left hand and E#4 and D#5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

Other names for the C#add9 chord

Other names: C# added 9th

Music theory name: added ninth chord

Common name: C# add9 chord

Notes and intervals in the C#add9 chord

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

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using C#add9

City In The City
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