C♯maj9 guitar chord
C sharp major 9. Notes: C♯ E♯ G♯ B♯ D♯. Also written D♭maj9.01
BeginnerEasy shape
A-shape · fret 4 · Full & movable
Root on the 5th string at fret 4. Place your first finger on fret 3 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E muted: don’t play it
- A fret 4, finger 2 (C♯)
- D fret 3, finger 1 (E♯)
- G fret 5, finger 4 (B♯)
- B fret 4, finger 3 (D♯)
- High E muted: don’t play it
02
HardHarder shape
E-shape · fret 9 · Full & movable
Root on the 6th string at fret 9. Set your first finger across fret 9 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E fret 9, finger 1 (C♯)
- A fret 11, finger 3 (G♯)
- D fret 10, finger 2 (B♯)
- G fret 10, finger 2 (E♯)
- B fret 9, finger 1 (G♯)
- High E fret 11, finger 4 (D♯)
Hear it, then check it
Chordbyte plays this shape, then listens through your microphone and marks each string that rang, came out quiet, or should have been muted. It runs in your browser: free, no account, nothing recorded or sent.
Open C♯maj9 in Chordbyte03