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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 · Ab3 fingers 5–1
Right hand F4 · Eb5 fingers 1–5

How to play the C#add9 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play C#3 and Ab3 with the left hand and F4 and Eb5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

Notation for C#add9 chord

Other names: C# added 9th, C# add9

Music theory name: added ninth chord

Common name: C# add9 chord

Intervals and tones in C#add9 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
F Major 3rd
Ab Perfect 5th
Eb 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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