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C69 Ukulele 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.

Ukulele

Strings 0–2–0–0

How to play the C69 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 0–2–0–0 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) Open
3rd string (C) Fret 2 · middle finger
2nd string (E) Open
1st string (A) Open

Other names for the C69 chord

Other names: C6/9, C sixth ninth

Music theory name: sixth ninth chord

Common name: C 6/9 chord

Notes and intervals in the C69 chord

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

All variations

Open
0–2–0–0
Fret 2
2–4–3–5
Fret 5
7–7–5–7
Fret 9
9–9–10–10

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys