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Fig. 1 · C#m9 on the keyboard

piano chord

C♯m9

C♯1E♭3G♯5B♭7D♯9

A minor seventh with a ninth on top.

Written the other way round it is D♭m9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

C♯m9 is C♯, E, G♯, B and D♯ — 1, b3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from C♯.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

C♯ in other shapes

C♯add9added ninthC♯9dominant ninthC♯maj9major ninthC♯majorC♯mminorC♯dimdiminished

Cm9Dm9D♯m9E♭m9Em9Fm9F♯m9G♭m9all 374