C#madd9

Starts at fret 1

Open

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C#madd9Shape 1 of 4
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C#madd9 chord at a glance

C# minor add 9 (C#madd9) is built from the notes C# – D# – E – G#. Here are all 4 shapes on the neck, from the open position upwards. Numbers under each diagram are the frets from low E to high E (x = don’t play that string).

C#madd9 shape 1, Fret 13214
Shape 1 · Fret 1x 4 2 1 4 x
C#madd9 shape 2, Fret 441342
Shape 2 · Fret 4x 4 6 6 4 0
C#madd9 shape 3, Fret 773124
Shape 3 · Fret 79 7 x 8 9 0
C#madd9 shape 4, Fret 993114
Shape 4 · Fret 9x x 11 9 9 11