C#add9 chord on guitar
C# add9
C#add9 is an add9 chord with four notes: C#, E#, G# and D#. Learn it first at fret 1, with four fingers. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and one more way to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the G string, fret 1
- Middle on the D string, fret 3
- Ring on the A string, fret 4
- Pinky on the B string, fret 4
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Play only the A, D, G and B strings. Keep the low E and high e strings silent.
- Shape
- At fret 1
- Fingers
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- FourA, D, G and B
- Open strings
- Noneevery played string is fretted
- Lowest note
- C#3the root, on the A string
- Frets
- x 4 3 1 4 xlow E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in C#add9
- C#root
- E#major third
- G#perfect fifth
- D#major ninth
An add9 chord is a major chord with the ninth added: the second note of the scale, an octave up. E# is the major third, four frets above the root. G# is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. D# is the major ninth, two frets above the root, an octave up.
E# sounds the same as F. It is spelled E# because the third of C# is always a kind of E.
String by string
- high e string: not played
- B string: D#4major ninth
- G string: G#3perfect fifth
- D string: E#3major third
- A string: C#3root
- low E string: not played
Every note of C#add9 is in this shape.
Another way to play it
- At fret 9x x 11 10 9 11Root on the D string.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play C#add9 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.