Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯M9(add4)C♯ Major 9th Added 4th

DRoot

F♯tone

Gtone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes D · F♯ · G · A · C♯ · E

How to play it

C♯M9(add4) fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

C♯ Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 6 8 6 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 10 10 9 11) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 18th position (21 21 18 20 18 20) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

C♯M9(add4) guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

C♯ Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 6 8 6 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 10 10 9 11) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 18th position (21 21 18 20 18 20) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How C♯M9(add4) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densetense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · G · A · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3

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