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C#7#9 Ukulele Chord

A raw, urgent sound containing both a major third and a minor third (augmented ninth = minor third). Made famous by Jimi Hendrix in "Purple Haze". A staple of blues-rock and funk.

Ukulele

Strings 1–4–1–2

How to play the C#7#9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 1–4–1–2 from the G string to the A string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. 0 means an open string and X means a muted string.

4th string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (C) Fret 4 · pinky
2nd string (E) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 2 · middle finger

Other names for the C#7#9 chord

Other names: C# 7th sharp 9, C# Hendrix chord

Music theory name: seventh sharp nine chord

Common name: C# Hendrix chord

Notes and intervals in the C#7#9 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
E# Major 3rd
G# Perfect 5th
B Minor 7th
E Augmented 9th

All variations

Open
1–4–1–2
Fret 4
4–5–4–7
Fret 7
9–8–7–8
Fret 7
10–8–7–7

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys