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C69 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 C3 fingers 5
Right hand E4 · A4 · D5 fingers 1–3–5

How to play the C69 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play C3 with the left hand and E4, A4 and D5 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.

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

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