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C sharp augmented major seven flat nine chord

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About the C sharp augmented major seven flat nine chord

C sharp augmented major seven flat nine sits outside the plain diatonic set, so it is borrowed to add color and tension. Think of it as a C augmented major seventh flat nine chord.

Its notes are C, E, A, B, and D. The intervals are a major third, an augmented fifth, a major seventh, and a minor ninth.

Also called D flat augmented major seven flat nine, which spells the same notes enharmonically. In shorthand it is commonly written C#augMaj7b9.

Positions

No stored guitar shape for this voicing yet. Build it from C♯, E♯, A, B♯, D.

Notes and intervals

1C sharpRoot
2E sharpMajor 3rd
3AAugmented 5th
4B sharpMajor 7th
5DMinor 9th

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Other C sharp chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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C♯augMaj7♭9 chord on guitar shown as colored note dots
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