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C sharp major seven sharp nine chord

About the C sharp major seven sharp nine chord

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

Its notes are C, E, G, B, and E. The intervals are a major third, a perfect fifth, a major seventh, and an augmented ninth.

Also called D flat major seven sharp nine, which spells the same notes enharmonically. In shorthand it is commonly written C#maj7#9.

Inversions

C sharp major seven sharp nine (root position)

Notes and intervals

1C sharpRoot
2E sharpMajor 3rd
3G sharpPerfect 5th
4B sharpMajor 7th
5EAugmented 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♯maj7♯9 chord on piano shown as colored note dots
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